Forma Viva Open Air Wood Sculpture Collection, Kostanjevica na Krki

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Forma Viva Open Air Wood Sculpture Collection, Kostanjevica na Krki

Galerija Božidar Jakac, Samostan Kostanjevica, Grajska cesta 45, SI-8311 Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia,

http://www.galerija-bj.si

info@galerija-bj.si

Phone386 (0) 7 498 7008, 386 (0) 7 498 7333

ProprietorBožidar Jakac Gallery, Kostanjevica na Krki at Kostanjevica Monastery

Bojan Božič, Director

bojan.bozic@galerija-bj.si

This collection is one of several in Slovenia which arose out of the International Symposiums of Sculptors called Forma viva, an initiative of sculptors Jakob Savinšek and Janez Lenassi. Modelled after a symposium held in St Margharethen (Austria, 1959), the first two symposia were organised in Kostanjevica na Krki (wood) and in Seča near Portorož (stone) in 1961. Later, two other venues were included: Ravne na Koroškem (1964, steel) and Maribor (1967, reinforced concrete). 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.

See also 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