Since 2014, the children's playground in Slubek Garden on Palisády has featured the stone sculpture Motherhood V (1983) by the sculptor Juraj Rusňák. It was donated to the Old Town district by Mr and Mrs Paško, co-owners of the Nedbalka Gallery in Bratislava, an institution that has made a significant contribution to the professional processing, presentation, and preservation of original sculptural work. In the second half of the 1970s, Juraj Rusňák reverted from pure organic abstract forms to figurative motifs through his series Associations (1978–2000). As the title suggests, these compositions are associated, implied, and based on biomorphic aesthetics that combine several ideas of human existence, nature, and processes into a unified whole. The curved and spherical intertwined organic shapes of mother and child with their open form and inner space depict the most beautiful of human bonds, boundless and unconditional maternal love, in a harmonious and vividly pulsating synthesis. The year in which the intimate sculpture was created is significant; it marked the end of the artist's work for public spaces as he was unable to find another designer with whom to collaborate. It is important to note that during normalization, modern abstract art, especially in free creation, was for ideological reasons perceived as decadent and inappropriate. Its manifestations were mercilessly suppressed in official state galleries and subjected to more negative evaluation in public commissions.

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Research status as of 31. 12. 2023.