The city council approved a new statue for the "Brno Slavin."
Brno - In the center of the new "Brno Slavín," an abstract statue depicting the ascent of an angel is to be erected. Sculptor Václav Fiala won the artistic competition announced by the city hall with this design. The results were confirmed yesterday by the councilors, as stated in a press release by city hall spokesperson Pavel Žára. The statue is to stand in the center of the second honorary burial site at the Central Cemetery.
The first honorary burial site, where the remains of composer Leoš Janáček, scientist Johann Gregor Mendel, speleologist Karel Absolon, and conductor Gustav Brom are interred, is full. The new site is being established next to a scattering meadow. According to deputy mayor Daniel Rychnovský (KDU-ČSL), the first few graves there are occupied. In the future, they are meant to form a circle with the statue in the middle.
The jury appreciated that Fiala's design does not refer to the symbolism of any religion. "So that followers of different faiths, or possibly non-believers, can be buried in a respectful space," Žára noted. The author proposed to create the statue from granite or a similar material. The base of the monument will be accompanied by verses from Jan Skácel, an author associated with Brno. Excerpts from his poems already adorn the fountain in Freedom Square.
Thirty designs were submitted in the competition. Róbert Palúch came in second among the artists. His proposal resembled a boulder, from whose front and back a human figure emerges almost imperceptibly, as if trapped in the shape. "The artist had in mind the symbol of human society built over generations and their experiences, where every human destiny has its irreplaceable place," Žára quoted from the text accompanying the proposal.
Sculptor Ladislav Sorokáč took third place. He chose a Pieta, but according to the jurors, he approached it in a new way. In his design, he worked with rays of light and water effects that were meant to occur in the work due to rain and drying.
The new statue for the Central Cemetery is to be part of the project "Sculptures for Brno," which aimed to bring ten sculptures of the city's prominent personalities over ten years. In recent years, the intention has transformed, and alongside the great figures somehow connected with the city, such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Thomas Alva Edison, sculptures commemorating virtues or ideals are also to appear in the city. Soon, a statue of justice is to be unveiled before the Supreme Administrative Court.
The first honorary burial site, where the remains of composer Leoš Janáček, scientist Johann Gregor Mendel, speleologist Karel Absolon, and conductor Gustav Brom are interred, is full. The new site is being established next to a scattering meadow. According to deputy mayor Daniel Rychnovský (KDU-ČSL), the first few graves there are occupied. In the future, they are meant to form a circle with the statue in the middle.
The jury appreciated that Fiala's design does not refer to the symbolism of any religion. "So that followers of different faiths, or possibly non-believers, can be buried in a respectful space," Žára noted. The author proposed to create the statue from granite or a similar material. The base of the monument will be accompanied by verses from Jan Skácel, an author associated with Brno. Excerpts from his poems already adorn the fountain in Freedom Square.
Thirty designs were submitted in the competition. Róbert Palúch came in second among the artists. His proposal resembled a boulder, from whose front and back a human figure emerges almost imperceptibly, as if trapped in the shape. "The artist had in mind the symbol of human society built over generations and their experiences, where every human destiny has its irreplaceable place," Žára quoted from the text accompanying the proposal.
Sculptor Ladislav Sorokáč took third place. He chose a Pieta, but according to the jurors, he approached it in a new way. In his design, he worked with rays of light and water effects that were meant to occur in the work due to rain and drying.
The new statue for the Central Cemetery is to be part of the project "Sculptures for Brno," which aimed to bring ten sculptures of the city's prominent personalities over ten years. In recent years, the intention has transformed, and alongside the great figures somehow connected with the city, such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Thomas Alva Edison, sculptures commemorating virtues or ideals are also to appear in the city. Soon, a statue of justice is to be unveiled before the Supreme Administrative Court.
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