Garden of Art

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In connection with finishing the reconstruction of the gallery building in Zimná Street 47 in years 1994–1996, an architectonic solution for the realization of the gallery Garden of Art was produced. Subsequently, grassing and planting of decorative bushes was realized. The content of this cultivated exterior of the gallery is aimed at the presentation of the sculptural works gained mainly from the International Sculptural Symposiums, which were organized by the Spiš Artists’ Gallery in two-year intervals. 

The idea to create a sculptural exposition in the exterior of the gallery tries to follow the next Spiš tradition, the coexistence of more ethnic groups and vital foreign contacts. In the past the Spiš region was a crossroads of various cultures and today this fact is followed by an international cooperation, particularly in the area of Carpathian Euro region. 

The works of sculpture made of Spiš travertine, wood and metal, positioned up to the present days, were created by artists at three symposiums in Spišská Nová Ves in years 2002, 2004, 2006. The basic exposition comprises eighteen works representing the present sculptural production of the artists from Poland, Ukraine, Romania, The Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The permanent exposition of the gallery has been created since 2002 in the areas of the gallery garden situated behind the buildings of the gallery in Zimná Street 46 and 47.

List of artists and art-works:

1. Daniel Tatarka: Rotation; 2004; travertine, oak wood, chiselling; 189 x 80 cm; P 1272
2. Group of students of the Industrial Secondary School: Chess Piece; 2002; Spiš travertine, chiselling; 73 x 23 cm; P 1237
3. Barna Éltes (RO): Bird; 2006; travertine, chiselling; 100 x 77 cm; P 1670
4. Tomasz Lukaszczyk (PL): Spiš Siren; 2002; Spiš travertine, chiselling; 70 x 180 cm; P 1235
5. Peter Smik: Hearts; 2018; ceramics – stoneware, glazing, pigments
6. Otto Korkoš: Counsel from Lost Civilizations; 2006; beechwood, chiselling; 300 x 55 cm; P 1669
7. Imrich Svitana: Gateway to the Third Millennium (fragment); 2000; sandstone, chiselling; 192.5 cm; P 2530
8. Petr Císařovský (CZ): Sacrifice; 2004; travertine, granite, chiselling, polishing; 68 x 155 cm; P 1269
9. Daniel Tatarka: Torso; 2006; travertine, chiselling; 100 x 50 cm; P 1668
10. Tibor Gurin: Garden Sculpture; 1985; Spiš travertine, chiselling; 112 x 37 x 62 cm; P 828
11. Juraj Gavula: Woman with Brooch; 2002; Spiš travertine, metal, chiselling, assemblage; 157 x 35 x 35 cm; P 1234
12. Peter Smik: Breaking Water; 2022; ceramics – stoneware, glazing, pigments, glassblowing, wood, mixed media techniques: glazing, firing; 99 x 40 x 20 cm; P 2511
13. Rudolf Hofer: Jewel; 2008; stone, metal, metal installation, welding; 240 cm; P 1702
14. Group of students of the Industrial Secondary School: Emblem of Gallery; 2004; sandstone, chiselling, polishing; ø 70 cm; P 1274
15. Tomáš Cetera: “2008”; 2008; geological samples, Spiš travertine, glueing, polishing, chiselling; 65 x 235 x 80 cm; P 1693
16. Vasil Roman (UA): Untouched; 2004; travertine, chiselling, polishing; 143 x 115 cm; P 1271
17. Imrich Svitana: Disturbed Balance; 2002; Spiš travertine, chiselling; 110 x 110 cm; P 1236
18. Wiesław Jelonek (PL): Au Naturel; 2004; travertine, chiselling; 155 x 60 cm; P 1270
19. Amalka Ľudmila Valenčíková: Incursion into Inner Space; 2006; travertine, epoxy, chiselling, casting; 66 x 120 cm; P 1671