City of sculptures

Grosuplje — City of Sculptures

Grosuplje is a small town 15 km south of Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital. The town developed from three villages in the past 50 years, it was unrecognizable and without identity. Some years ago we proposed to the Council a project named »Grosuplje – the town of sculpture«, with which in the past 6 years the town received about 30 sculptures. Each year we organize a sculpture symposium on which sculptors from Slovenia and abroad carve sculptures from large blocs of stone. Some sculptures are made of bronze or iron. At the same time and at the same place, sculptural workshops are organized for children, youth and for older people. The results of this project are visible in the town and also on Internet (pdf map of town and sculptures), since the younger generation is presenting itself as coming from the city of sculptures.

Sculptors in Grosuplje through years:

2004
Jiři Bezlaj, Aleksandra Gruden, Zoran S. Janežič, Jiři Kočica in Drago V. Rozman.
2005
Boštjan Drinovec, Ervin Potočnik, Boštjan Potokar, Jurij Smole in Alenka Vidrgar.
2006
Boštjan Kavčič, Damjan Komel, Lučka Koščak, Gail Clair Morris, Drago V. Rozman, Albino Stulin
in Edo Šćuk.
2007
Jernej Mali, Stipe Miličić in Radivoj Mulič
2008
Lučka Koščak in Matjaž Rebec
2009
Metoda Maj (Crnkovič), Albena Mikailova

2009:

Metoda Maj (Crnkovič) - Gypsy