By Anni Lave Nielsen
For over forty years, the artist Henry Heerup (1907-93) carved more than 400 stone sculptures, most of which he laboriously hauled home on his cargo bike. For Heerup, there was much more at stake than a fondness for stone as a material. For Heerup, stone brought with it a fundamental philosophy of life that gave him a sense of belonging to the ancient rock and to ancestors in stone art. 'Nature's Hardboiled - Stone Art by Henry Heerup' is written by Anni Lave Nielsen, museum director at the Heerup Museum, and is the first in a series of publications that share the Heerup Museum's specialized knowledge with Heerup enthusiasts worldwide. This book is for those who appreciate Heerup's stone art and wish to see more and get closer to these figures that are at once down-to-earth and magical.
