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The Forma Viva Open Air Wood Sculpture Collection in Kostanjevica na Krki is one of the four main Forma Viva Collections in Slovenia. It is the product of a biennially held International Symposia of Sculptors during which chosen artists are invited to contribute to the ever growing collection of works since 1961.

The collection is currently comprised of around 130 pieces almost exclusively fashioned out of oak wood. Most of them are gathered in a freely accessible park in front of the Kostanjevica Monastery though some can also be found in the surrounding meadows or town squares and on the banks of the river Krka.

Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki, 2004

History

After visiting the open-air sculptors symposium in St Margharethen (Austria, 1959), a pair of Slovene sculptors decided to establish a similar enterprise in Slovenia. They choose two sites for the symposium to take place at simultaneously, one of them being in Portorož and the other in Kostanjevica. For each of them a defining material was selected with regards to the local context. With the vast forests surrounding the site in Kostanjevica, oak wood was an obvious choice and one with which they've persisted up to this day.

The two original sites were soon augmented with another pair in Ravne na Koroškem (1964, steel) and Maribor (1967, reinforced concrete).

Initially the Kostanjevica symposium took place on an annual basis, with about a dozen artists invited from all over the world. After 1967 the event became a biannual project and continued as such up until 1988 when it ran into financial difficulties. Nevertheless, the symposium got rekindled in 1998. Since then it is once again happening more or less biannually, inviting 3 sculptors for each edition. This endeavour – as well as the necessary and complex maintenance of the collection – is taken care by the Božidar Jakac Art Museum.

Artists

In the most recent editions, the following artists participated: Boštjan Drinovec (SI), Sreten Milatović (RS), and Niculae Seaptefrati (RO) in 2004; Magdalena Miočinović Andrić (RS), Urša Toman Drinovec (SI) and Agnessa Ivanova Petrova (BG) in 2006; Polona Demšar (SI), Klaus Grosskopf (DE) and Samo Škoberne (SI/DE) in 2008; Reinhold Neururer (AT), Karen Macher Nesta (PE) and Denis Krašković (HR) in 2011; and Donald Buglass (NZ), Liliya Pobornikova (BG) and Mitja Stanek (SI) in 2013.

The entire list of participants is accessible on the website of the Božidar Jakac Art Museum, the organiser of the event.

Mitja Stanek, QR Code, 2013 Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki

External links

Forma Viva Open Air Wood Sculpture Collection in Kostanjevica na Krki website (in Slovenian)
Short presentations of all Forma Viva Kostanjevica na Krki participants (in Slovenian)
An extensive research piece on the history of the Kostanjevica na Krki Forma Viva (in Slovenian)
Institutional history of Forma Viva (in Slovenian)

Gallery

Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki, 2004

Exterior of Božidar Jakac Art Museum in the former Kostanjevica Monastery, Kostanjevica na Krki. In front: a sculpture from the Forma Viva Open Air Wood Sculpture Collection

Karen Macher Nesta, Natural Seesaw, 2011 Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki

Agnessa Ivanova Petrova, Streams, 2006 Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki

Donald Buglass, Vessel, 2013 Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki

Mitja Stanek, QR Code, 2013 Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki

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-As the initiative of [[Jakob Savinšek]] and [[Janez Lenassi]] is the [[Forma Viva Open Air Wood Sculpture Collection, Kostanjevica na Krki]] one of four International Symposia of Sculptors in Slovenia that together with the [[Forma Viva Open Air Stone Sculpture Collection, Seča]] near Portorož started in [[Established::1961]] the tradition of workshops Forma Viva in Slovenia. Both sculptors modelled workshops after a symposium held in St Margharethen (Austria, 1959). Later, two other venues were included: Ravne na Koroškem (1964, steel) and Maribor (1967, reinforced concrete).
+The [[Forma Viva Open Air Wood Sculpture Collection, Kostanjevica na Krki|Forma Viva Open Air Wood Sculpture Collection]] in Kostanjevica na Krki is one of the four main [[:Category:Forma Viva Collection|Forma Viva Collections]] in Slovenia. It is the product of a biennially held International Symposia of Sculptors during which chosen artists are invited to contribute to the ever growing collection of works since [[Established::1961]].
+The collection is currently comprised of around 130 pieces almost exclusively fashioned out of oak wood. Most of them are gathered in a freely accessible park in front of the [[Kostanjevica Monastery]] though some can also be found in the surrounding meadows or town squares and on the banks of the river Krka.
 }}
-In the course of the four decades this international project of 'live' sculpture in the open-air has involved sculptors from all over the world who have enriched the cultural treasures of Slovenia with around 300 sculptures, just in Kostanjevica more than 100, where all are exhibited in natural surroundings, in the gardens of a former monastery, and in the very city and nearby areas.
-==Background==
+{{Wide Image|Bozidar Jakac Art Museum 2004 Sreten Milatovic Remains of Noah's Ark and Boštjan Drinovec The First Contact.jpg}}
-In its early years the Forma Viva in Kostanjevica that focused on the wood sculpture ran annual. Between 1965 and 1988 it was organised every second year. At the end of the 1980's Forma Viva had ended everywhere, except in Seča. After the break of a decade the Forma Viva in Kostanjevica was revitalised in 1998.
+==History==
+After visiting the open-air sculptors symposium in St Margharethen (Austria, 1959), a pair of Slovene sculptors decided to establish a similar enterprise in Slovenia. They choose two sites for the symposium to take place at simultaneously, one of them being in [[Forma Viva Open Air Stone Sculpture Collection, Portorož|Portorož]] and the other in Kostanjevica. For each of them a defining material was selected with regards to the local context. With the vast forests surrounding the site in Kostanjevica, oak wood was an obvious choice and one with which they've persisted up to this day.
+The two original sites were soon augmented with another pair in [[Forma Viva Open Air Steel Sculpture Collection, Ravne na Koroškem|Ravne na Koroškem]] (1964, steel) and [[Forma Viva Open Air Sculpture Collection, Maribor|Maribor]] (1967, reinforced concrete).
-Since then it is a biennial event that invites each year 3 sculpturers. Applications for the participation for artist from throughout the world are also possible. The dead line for the application is usually on the end of the non biennial year. In 2010 artists are creating in July.
+Initially the Kostanjevica symposium took place on an annual basis, with about a dozen artists invited from all over the world. After 1967 the event became a biannual project and continued as such up until 1988 when it ran into financial difficulties. Nevertheless, the symposium got rekindled in 1998. Since then it is once again happening more or less biannually, inviting 3 sculptors for each edition. This endeavour &ndash; as well as the necessary and complex maintenance of the collection &ndash; is taken care by the [[Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki|Božidar Jakac Art Museum]].
 ==Artists==
-In last years following artist participated: [[Boštjan Drinovec]] (Slovenia), Sreten Milatović (Serbia and Montenegro) and Niculae Seaptefrati (Romania) in 2004; Magdalena Miocinović Andrić  (Serbia), [[Urša Toman Drinovec]] (Slovenia) and Agnessa Ivanova Petrova (Bulgaria) in 2006; [[Polona Demšar]] (Slovenia), Klaus Grosskopf (Germany) and Samo Skoberne (Slovenia/Germany) in 2008. The whole list of participants is to find on the website of the [[Božidar Jakac Gallery, Kostanjevica na Krki]], who is the organizer of events.
+In the most recent editions, the following artists participated: [[Boštjan Drinovec]] (SI), Sreten Milatović (RS), and Niculae Seaptefrati (RO) in 2004; Magdalena Miočinović Andrić  (RS), [[Urša Toman Drinovec]] (SI) and Agnessa Ivanova Petrova (BG) in 2006; [[Polona Demšar]] (SI), Klaus Grosskopf (DE) and [[Samo Škoberne]] (SI/DE) in 2008; Reinhold Neururer (AT), Karen Macher Nesta (PE) and Denis Krašković (HR) in 2011; and Donald Buglass (NZ), Liliya Pobornikova (BG) and [[Mitja Stanek]] (SI) in 2013.
+The entire list of participants is accessible on the website of the [[Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki|Božidar Jakac Art Museum]], the organiser of the event.
+{{Wide Image|Bozidar Jakac Art Museum 2014 Mitja Stanek QR Code 2013.jpg}}
 ==See also==
-* [[Božidar Jakac Gallery, Kostanjevica na Krki]]
+* [[:Category:Forma Viva Collection|Forma Viva Collection]]
+* [[Božidar Jakac Art Museum, Kostanjevica na Krki]]
+* [[Kostanjevica Monastery]]
 * [[Forma Viva Open Air Sculpture Collection, Maribor]]
 * [[Forma Viva Open Air Steel Sculpture Collection, Ravne na Koroškem]]
-* [[Forma Viva Open Air Stone Sculpture Collection, Seča]]
+* [[Forma Viva Open Air Stone Sculpture Collection, Portorož]]
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.galerija-bj.si/aforma.htm Forma Viva Open Air Wood Sculpture Collection in Kostanjevica na Krki website]
+* [http://www.galerija-bj.si/index.php/formaViva Forma Viva Open Air Wood Sculpture Collection in Kostanjevica na Krki website] (in Slovenian)
-* [http://www.galerija-bj.si/aforma.htm#umetniki List of all participants of Forma Viva Kostanjevica na Krki]
+* [http://www.galerija-bj.si/index.php/formaViva/udelezenci Short presentations of all Forma Viva Kostanjevica na Krki participants] (in Slovenian)
-* [http://www.sculpture-network.org/de/home/service-static-navs/news/news-detail/artikel/forma-viva-slo-eines-der-aeltesten-skulpturensymposiums-der-welt/78.html Forma Viva Kostanjevica na Krki on Sculpture Network website (German)]
+* [http://dk.fdv.uni-lj.si/diplomska_dela_1/pdfs/mb11_dezman-marko.pdf An extensive research piece on the history of the Kostanjevica na Krki Forma Viva] (in Slovenian)
-* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kostanjevica-FormaViva.JPG Forma Viva Kostanjevica na Krki on Wikimedia]
+* [http://kultura.novomesto.si/si/revija-rast/?id=7703 Institutional history of Forma Viva] (in Slovenian)
-* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloster_Kostanjevica Monastery Kostanjevica on German Wikipedia]
+[[Category:Monuments and sites]]
 [[Category:Museums]]
 [[Category:Visual arts museums]]
+[[Category:Visual arts]]
+[[Category:Visual arts workshops]]
+[[Category:Workshops]]
+[[Category:Forma Viva Collection]]
+[[Category:Updated 2017]]
+{{Gallery}}

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