The Skácel statue in Brno will be completed by the end of November

Brno - The statue of the poet and writer Jan Skácel will be completed by the end of November. It will be located in Brno on the southern side of the park under Špilberk Castle. It will be created according to the design of academic sculptor Jiří Sobotka for approximately 2.5 million crowns. The stylized portrait of Skácel will, according to the mayor's deputy Klára Liptáková (KDU-ČSL), take the form of layered and welded stainless steel tubes. This will allow people to see Brno through Skácel's eyes.

The Brno council approved a contract for the work with academic sculptor Sobotka. The head will be over two meters tall and will be made of seamless brushed stainless steel tubes. The face will be turned towards the space of Brno, with the back, which is partially closed, facing the castle hill. The pedestal will be high enough to allow visitors to sit.

A total of 44 designs for the statue were submitted to the competition. They were evaluated by a jury that included Liptáková, Mayor Petr Vokřál (ANO), as well as experts such as Karel Havliš from the Faculty of Architecture at VUT Brno, Jana Kořínková from the Faculty of Fine Arts at VUT Brno, Radek Horáček, head of the Department of Art Education at Masaryk University, director of the Moravian Gallery in Brno Jan Press, and others. "We had to eliminate two proposals, and from the rest, we selected the winner and the second and third places," added Liptáková. The winner received 100,000 crowns.

Writer Jan Skácel was born on February 7, 1922, in Vnorovy, in the Hodonín region. He died in Brno on November 7, 1989. He wrote poetry and prose and was dedicated to creating works for children. His works include poetry collections such as Ancient Millet, Hope with Beech Wings, Casting into Lost Wax, or Sadness. His works reflect a strong connection to Moravia.