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- Title
Forma viva Maribor 1967-1986: O kiparskih simpozijih po Evropi in v Sloveniji.
- Authors
Ciglenečki, Marjeta
- Abstract
In the first part of the paper on the Maribor Forma viva, the author discusses the heyday of the sculptors' symposia in Europe and analyses such events in Slovenia on the basis of the existing documentation. The 1959 meeting of the sculptors, which took place in St. Margarethen quarry near Neusiedler See in Austria, is highly significant; it is considered to be the first sculptors' symposium ever. By organising symposia in St. Margarethen and elsewhere, the sculptor Karl Prantl was able to relate contemporary political circumstances with questions of personal and artistic freedom. The sculptors Janez Lenassi and Jakob Savinšek adapted his idea to Slovenia, where in 1961 two symposia - one in Seča near Portorož (stone) and the other in Kostanjevica na Krki (oak wood) - were brought to life under the poetic name of Forma viva. Sculpture parks were established on both locations. In 1964 in Ravne na Koroškem another symposium (iron and steel) started with support of the iron foundry, in 1967 the Stavbar Building Company initiated a symposium in Maribor (concrete). Metal and concrete objects are part of the urban furnishing of both Ravne and Maribor. The organization of Forma viva was demanding: political and social circumstances were variously inclined towards international artistic manifestations, while the organizers were constantly in need of funds. In the 1980s Forma viva moved from state organisation into the hands of local communities. In Seča the sculptors' symposia have remained a constant feature, while after a longer break they were also revived in Kostanjevica (1998) and in Ravne (2008). In Maribor, however, the last symposium took place in 1986. All four sculpture collections deserve art historical attention.
- Publication
Acta Historiae Artis Slovenica, 2017, Vol 22, Issue 1, p137
- ISSN
1408-0419
- Publication type
Article