Floral Remembrance

The work comprises a group of eight free-standing female figures holding bouquets of flowers. The stylised figures have a concrete core and ceramic tiling, and are set directly into a lawn at the centre of a small park next to a former wedding hall from the early 1980s. 

The wedding hall building has served for more than twenty years as a church and community centre for the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession. The group of ceramic figures is thematically linked to the building’s original function, hence the work’s colloquial name Bridesmaids being adopted alongside its official name. Benches and a metal pergola for climbing roses are located nearby the statues. 

In 2017, the long-neglected statues were professionally restored in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. 

Research status as of 15.11.2022. 

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Authorship


Years

  • 1981 – implementation
  • 2017 – modification

Type

Material

fire clay, glaze, concrete

Technique

firing, glazing

Dimensions

h. 190–196 cm; Ø at lower section 45–50 cm

Inscription

unidentified

Condition

  • preserved, maintained
  • restored
When inspected in the summer of 2022, the glaze of some statues had significant damage, probably due to vandalism.

Registration

  • Designated with the Municipal Monument Preservation Institute as a Dúbravka City District Heritage Site.

Owner

  • unidentified

Administrator

  • Dúbravka City District

Address

between Ľuda Zúbeka and Schneidera-Trnavského streets

Location details

located in a small park in front of the former wedding hall

Plot number

2812/20

GPS

48.1788260, 17.0452090

Other works in the area

Marriage

Ladislava Snopeková 1980

Relief House of Vegetables and Fruits

Rastislav Majdlen, Ivan Bilík 1981

Dividing Wall

Peter Sulík 1982

Girl With a Book

Teodor Baník 1980