The idea for a sculpture park at \u0160tibuh originated during the seventies, at the time of the large international exhibition under the auspices of the United Nations called \u201cPeace 75-30 UN\u201d. The organizational committee of the exhibition in the Slovenj Gradec gallery developed the idea for a park, a space located in nature, called Freedom Grove, in which sculptures from various nations made of permanent materials would be placed, with the mission of realizing \u201cthe brightest ideals of the United Nations\u201d. In the Freedom Grove, they wanted to collect sculptural works donated either by statesmen or states, artists or artist associations, not only from Yugoslavia but from other countries as well.<\/p>\n
The first sculpture in the park was a gift by the then-president of Yugoslavia, Tito, who donated a sculpture from his personal collection by the Croatian painter Ivan Saboli\u0107. The statue was ceremonially revealed in the park in 1977. The architect Marjan Gnamu\u0161 designed the so-called amphitheatre, and Saboli\u0107\u2019s sculpture, encased in a granite bloc, was placed at its centre. The sculpture \u201cUnited\u201d by Drago Tr\u0161ar was a gift from the citizens of Slovenj Gradec, set up in the park in 1978. Afterwards, other sculptures followed: in 1979, \u201cPersephone\u201d by Ivan Me\u0161trovi\u0107 was put up, cast with the permission of the Me\u0161trovi\u0107 Gallery in Split specifically for this purpose. Other sculptures were gifts by other Yugoslavian republics: \u201cCherry Blossom\u201d by Ratko Vulanovi\u0107 was donated in 1981 by Montenegro, the stone \u201cFruit\u201d by Ana Be\u0161li\u0107 came from Serbia, the bronze sculpture \u201cBread and Seeds\u201d by Josip Dimini\u0107 from Croatia. \u201cThe Kiss\u201d by Jovan Soldatovi\u0107 from Vojvodina was ceremonially unveiled in the park in 1984. The final sculpture that completed the park collection in 1986 is \u201cSpiral Trace\u201d, the last work by Macedonian sculptor Jordan Grabulovski.<\/p>\n
The sculpture park at \u0160tibuh was renamed several times across different periods: from Freedom Grove to Park of Peace. The last change in the park occurred in 2005, when the City Municipality of Slovenj Gradec, together with its twinned cities of \u010cesk\u00fd Krumlov, Hauzenberg, V\u00f6cklabruck and Gornji Milanovac, planted the so-called \u00bbtrees of partner-city friendship\u00ab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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