Alberto Giacometti – Homme qui marche (1960) Bronze

Louisiana Poster with the work, Homme qui marche - Walking Man, (1960), by the Swiss artist, Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). Giacometti is a main character at Louisiana and his Walking Man is perhaps the artist's most iconic work in Louisiana's collection.

Alberto Giacometti is one of the artists who have influenced art in the 20th century. Louisiana's collection of Giacometti figures is large, also internationally, and it is probably not least the interaction between Giacometti's figures and the museum's architecture that seems so special - and recognizable - to many of the museum's guests.

Giacometti's vision is marked by a deep sensitivity to the basic human conditions – the isolation and loneliness of every being. His works open up when you take the time to do so, and at Louisiana, Giacometti's sculptures become almost a commentary on the museum visit itself – they are a kind of people in the rooms.

In both Giacometti's many busts and in the fully developed figures, it is the face that matters. The body is there, but it is not the main thing. It is the head. The gaze. As if the situation has been reversed, and it is the sculptures that are looking at us.