Granite Symposium

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The Granite Symposium Milevsko took place from 1992 to 1996 in the South Bohemian city of Milevsko , Czech Republic . It was a cross-national symposium, which can be understood as part of the so-called symposium movement, which took place for the first time as the sculpture symposium St. Margarethen in Austria under the leadership of Karl Prantl in 1959. All symposia in Milevsko took place with the participation of international sculptors.

organization

The sculptors use granite , which they work in a stonemasonry in Prilepov near Milevsko. The granite used comes from a quarry near Milevsko from Štepanovice near České Budějovice and was of no economic interest for the stonemasonry.

The sculptures are located in the Bazantnice Park in Milevsko and in Stromovka in Ceske Budejovice. The granite symposia received support from the City Museum and the Milevsko Cultural Association as well as the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the City of Milevsko and other sponsors.

Attendees

1992

The first granite symposium took place on the initiative of the participating sculptors and received no funding whatsoever. The stone-cutting company donated the granite for the sculptures and the works are owned by the sculptors.

  • Josef Andrle, Czech Republic
  • Jaroslav Hanak, Germany
  • Karel Konecny, Czech Republic
  • Pavel Opocensky, Czech Republic
  • Keiji Yamaya, Japan

1993

From this time onwards, the sculpture symposium received financial support from public bodies and sponsors, and since 1993 the sculptures have been exhibited in the Bazantnice (Pheasantry) Park in Milevsko and in the Park of Stromovka in Ceske Budejovice. The following sculptors took part in the symposium in 1993:

  • Karel Konecny, Czech Republic
  • Pavel Opocensky, Czech Republic
  • Werner Ratering, Germany
  • Jan Stolin, Czech Republic
  • Martin Zet, Czech Republic

1994

In 1994 the following sculptors took part in the symposium :

  • Zdenek Hula, Czech Republic
  • Jiri Kacer, Czech Republic

1995

Another granite symposium took place in 1995:

  • Domenico Borelli, Italy
  • Václav Gatarik, Germany
  • Peter Paszkiewicz, Austria
  • Shinji Sakai, Japan
  • Hirito Sakamoto, Japan (his work is on display in the Milevsko Cultural Center)
  • Jiří Seifert , Czech Republic
  • Michal Skoda, Czech Republic

1996

The Granite Symposium in Milevsko took place for the last time in 1996:

  • Udo Westermeyer, Germany

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Official website of the city of Milevsko for the Granite Symposium Milevsko (English). Retrieved July 28, 2010
  2. ^ Information on Martin Zet . Retrieved July 28, 2010
  3. ↑ Gatarik's website . Retrieved July 28, 2010