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In 1986, a competition was announced for an outdoor sculpture to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the city of Reykjavík. Jón Gunnar's "Sun Voyager" won the competition, and the aluminum model (42.5 x 88 x 36 cm) was submitted to the city for execution. The full-sized Sun Voyager was finally unveiled on Sæbraut on the anniversary of the city of Reykjavík, August 18, 1990.
The work is made of stainless steel and stands on a circle of granite slabs, surrounded by what is called 'town-hall concrete'. It was built in accordance with Jón Gunnar's larger full-scale drawing of the Sun Voyager and was assisted by Jón Gunnar's assistant, the artist Kristinn E. Hrafnsson. The technique of the sculpture was guided by the technologist Sigurjón Yngvason, in close collaboration with Jón Gunnar himself.
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