Rolled Sphere
(Immovable Object )
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Maistrova ulica Maribor Slovenia |
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Statue of a ball made out of colored concrete, standing at the beginning of Maribor city park, surrounded by a spiral path.
19 remarkable sculptures were built in symposium of sculptors between years 1967 and 1986. Symposium was called Forma Viva Maribor. All sculptures were made in concrete. With its choices of construction materials, the city marked its rapidly expanding urban image. The idea was followed by sculpture placement, which is why the works found their place amidst residential districts, schools and other public facilities, which were predicted to have plenty of traffic. The statues relate to the surrounding architecture by their placement, tone and structure. By their pick of materials and placement, the Maribor symposium placed emphasis on the urban and contemporary. The sculptors, among other locations also in Maribor, organized a series of symposiums Forma viva, acting on the suggestions of the artist Jakob Savinšek.