Part 2 - LA84 Foundation

The arrangement of the sculptures
was planned as part of the
environmental design of the Olympic
Park by the Olympiad of Art Steering
Committee.
While the First Symposium was in
progress, some Korean archaeologists
claimed that some of the display positions
would impinge upon the ancient
Mongchon Fortress, designated
Historic Monument No. 297. This
claim, combined with the complaints
of some Korean artists who opposed to
the selection of the participants and to
the operation of the symposium,
emerged as a major obstacle to the
Olympiad of Art. The SLOOC consulted
the Cultural Properties Committee of
the Ministry of Culture and Information
regarding the archaeologists' claim
and decided to relocate six sculptures.
< Participants in the First Symposium
and their works>
• Sime Vulas (Yugoslavia): "Legend of
Forms", natural stone, 2.5x1.4x8.4m
• Augustin Cardenas (Cuba): "Family,"
natural stone, 2.2x 3.3x 6m
• Mohand Amara (Algeria): "Dialogue,"
natural stone, 6x1.8x3.3m
• Alexandru Arghira (Rumania):
"Opening Up," concrete, 1.5x5x6.5m
• Alberto Guzman (Peru): "Untitled,"
natural stone, 15x5.8m
• Josep Subirachs (Spain): "The
Pillars of the Sky," concrete,
5.5x3.5x15m
• Erik Dietman (Sweden): "Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow," natural stone,
7x3x4m
• Dani Karavan (Israel): "Way of
Light," concrete and wood, 25.2x24x6m
• Shim Moon-sup (Korea): "Before the
Present 87," natural stone, 15x4x3m
• Park Suk-won (Korea): "Accumulation
87-07," granite and natural stone,
10x5.9x7.9m
• Mark Brusse (Netherlands): "Dog's
Own World," granite and concrete,
5.5x3.5x15m
• Kroum Damianov (Bulgaria):
"Composition," granite, 2x4.5x8m
• Josef Jankovic (Czechoslovakia):
"To the Top," granite and concrete,
3.2x5x9.2m
• Gyorgy Jovanovics (Hungaria):
"Troy," white concrete, 5.6x1.8x8.9m
• Diohandi (Greece): "Seoul XXIV
Olympiad," concrete, granite and
natural stone, 30x18x12m
• Mauro Staccioli (Italy): "Seoul-88,"
colored concrete, 37.5x2x27.5m
• Alexander Rukavishnikov (U.S.S.R.):
"Mama," granite, 2.65x4.5x1.7m
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The Second Symposium
The selection of the second group of
participants who were to use iron, cast
iron, synthetic resin, aluminium and
wood was made after the symposium
of the first group was completed. Nineteen
sculptors of 17 countries
including three Koreans were chosen.
Taking into consideration the fact that
experimental sculpture in iron was
most active in North and South
America, sculptors from the two
regions were included.
The international members of the
Steering Committee began to contact
the selected foreign sculptors from
October 30,1987 to invite them to the
symposium. By November 30,1987,
the committee had signed contracts
with individual sculptors to take part in
the symposium, receiving models and
plans for their projected works. The
committee immediately began
preparations including obtaining
assistants for the sculptors and
arranging workplaces.
Valdomeo Cesar of France, Pol Bury of
Belgium and Robert Jacobsen of
Denmark sent their completed works,
instead of coming to Korea to work in
the symposium. Of the three Korean
participants, Lee U-fan was active in
Japan and Park Chong-bae was active
in the U.S.A.
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51. A sculptor at work on his contribution
to the International Open-Air Sculpture
Symposium.
52. 'Thumb', a cast bronze work by
Valdomeo Cezar of France on display at
the Sculpture Park.
53. Algerian sculptor Mohand Amara
created this natural stone work called
'Dialogue'.
54. 'Monumental Yunmok' by Jung Kwanmo
of Korea.
55. 'M-5' by Adrian Marc of Austria.
56. Japanese artist Tanaka Shintaroh
contributed 'Journey to the Infinite'.