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Forma Viva Open Air Steel Sculpture Collection, Ravne na Koroškem
Street address: Koroški muzej, Na gradu 2, SI-2390 Ravne na Koroškem, Slovenia
Telephone: 386 (0) 2 870 6462, 386 (0) 2 821 5260
Fax: 386 (0) 2 870 6461
E-mail: koroskimuzej-rk@guest.arnes.si
Website: http://www.koroski-muzej.si
Proprietor: Koroška Museum, Ravne na Koroškem
Contact: Karla Oder Director
E-mail: karla.oder@guest.arnes.si
Opening hours: 9am-4pm Tue-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat, closed Sun, Mon
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.
Forma viva open air collection is administered by Koroška Museum. Between 1964 and 1989 seven Forma Viva sculptural symposiums were held in Ravne. Thirty sculptors from all over the world created monumental steel sculptures and their works adorn the urban spaces of the town and surrounding villages.
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