Nimis (artwork)

Nimis (from the latin, "too much") is a site-specific sculpture and proverbial chancellory of Ladonia by Lars Vilks located at Håle stenar in the north western region of Skåne, Sweden, in the declared micronation Ladonia. The artwork mostly consists of wooden constructions erected of driftwood, planks and branches. The work is illegally placed in Kullaberg, which has led to an ongoing legal process between the artist and the Skåne County administrative board. Parts of the artwork have been set on fire on different occasions, and it was rebuilt after a fire in 2016 by Ladonia's Minister of Arts and Hope, Fredrik Larsson. This rebuilding led to a fine being issued in 2018 by a district court. Vilks viewed Nimis as a conceptual piece of art and the legal issues were hence a part of the concept. Since 1986 the artwork has been owned by the artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Vilks also claimed that the artwork was placed in the microstate Ladonia. In the same area is also another one of Vilks artwork located, Arx.