SCULPTURE AND OBJECT XXI.

The main objective ofthe organisers of this event,is to mediate direct contact between the works of art and the audience as it was done in previous years.

The opportunity of barrier-free communication cultivates a relationship to art and refines aesthetic feeling and the spectator’s awareness.

The sculptures exhibited in the public spaces create unusual local colour and a unique atmosphere, enriching the chances of cultural self-realisation of the inhabitants of and visitors to Bratislava.

International co-operation offers an opportunity to learn more about other cultures through art as the universal medium of communication.

This event was first held in the streets, squares and courtyards of Bratislava in 1996 and gradually a small exhibition of several Slovak artists has expanded into an important and prestigious international event and has become an inseparable part of Bratislava cultural activities in the summer.

It is one of the few events in the field of visual arts, held annually in Slovakia.

Sculpture and Object has expanded into an important and prestigious international event and has become an inseparable part of the culture activities in the summer.

The large variety of artists represented at this exhibitions is not a survey of the art scene, but a valuable aesthetic experience for a wide range of spectators and art admirers.

Sculpture and Object represents several generations of artists. It presents the works of major artists as well as the protagonists of the middle generation and emerging artists from various countries.

Every summer quality art and distinguished artistic figures from all over the world come together for this event.

Exhibition consists of open-air part with large scale works which will take place at Grassalkovich (Presidential) garden and rest of the exhibition will be shown in 10 galleries in central part of Bratislava, in Gallery Z, City Gallery Bratislava, Gallery Umelka, Gallery of The Polish Institute, Gallery of The Austrian Cultural Forum, Gallery of The Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Gallery Statua, K.Gallery and in Milan Dobeš Museum.

The 21st year of this international exhibition will present the works of more than 50 artists from Slovak republic, Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Sweden.

vystavujúci autori / exibiting artists:

Milan Adamčiak, Siegfried Amtmann, Jean Arp, Tamara Berdowska, Hartmut Böhm, Lars Englund,

Winfred Gaul, Hans-Jörg Glattfelder, István Háasz, Sebastian Hempel, Jiri Hilmar, Viktor Hulík, Alexandrina Ivanova, Jiří Kačer, Antonín Kašpar, Kata Kissoczy, Tomasz Koclega, Imre Kocsis, Werner Krieglstein, Siegfried Kreitner, Caroline Kryzecki, Adolf Luther, Andrej Margoč, Ján Mathé, Ľubo Mikle, Manfredo Massironi, Marcello Morandini, Koloman Novak, Štěpán Pala, Zora Palová, Julio LeParc, Georg Planer, Mira Podmanická, Peter Roller, Reinhard Roy, Klaus J.Schoen, Klaus Staudt, János Saxon Szász, Jakub Trajter, Dionýz Trosko, Jozef Vachálek, Ludwig Wilding, Ryszard Winiarski, Günter Wolfsberger, Gianfranco Zappettini, Walter Zehringer

Viktor Hulík,

Director Gallery Z, curator and main organizer