Grounded Sun at new location in Bogovićeva Street

Ivan Kožarić, Prizemljeno sunce / Grounded Sun on the first location, 1971 [IncEdu]
Ivan Kožarić, Prizemljeno sunce / Grounded Sun on the first location, 1971 [IncEdu]
POI Number
07
Typology
Artwork
Country
Croatia
Municipality
City of Zagreb
District
Upper Town
Address
Bogovićeva ul. 1B, 10000, Zagreb

On the occasion of the celebration of the 900th anniversary of the Zagreb (1994) Archdiocese, buildings were renovated, new sculptures were placed and old ones returned. The Museum of Contemporary Art started the initiative to return the Grounded Sun to the city tissue. Despite Kožarić’s wishes to have it return to its original location, the Sun was then cast for the first time in bronze with gold leafing. It was placed at the new location on November 12th 1994. Regardless, intense interactions between the passers-by and the sculpture continue. On the second day after its placement, the sculpture was graffitied. Inspired by the work, permanent or temporary interactions are initiated by artists like Božidar Jurjević, Davor Preis, Andrej Rehak and Igor Grubić.