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three month sculpture symposium in
Arandjelovac, which is 75 miles south of
Belgrad. The symposium has been taking
place each year since 1966 and takes
advantage of the remarkable white marble
which is mined in the area and has been
used for the facades and interiors of
public buildings all over the world
(including the White House). Sculptors
receive room and board, tools, and
assistance during their stay and work
close to the Vencac mine. Along with
Marshall will be ten other sculptors—six
Yugoslavians, two Dutch, . one Italian and
one Hungarian. Marshall is only the second
Canadian ever to have participated in the
symposium.

Art Institute student Brian Addy is also
looking forward to the trip and to working
as Marshall's assistant. A Handsworth
graduate, Addy took two years of Academic
studies at Cap and then transferred to SFU
before returning to enroll in the Art
Institute program here. He, as well as
Marshall, will be paying his own airfare
to Yugoslavia, and although he hopes to do
a little travelling in the area, he will
be returning to Capilano College for the
spring term.

Although Marshall jokes that he is taking
Addy along "so that I will have someone to
talk to," they will both have their work
cut out for them. They will be working on
a one by one by two meter marble block and
Marshall will also work on a small (more
portable) piece for the Yugoslav National
Collection. Although Arandjelovac is a
beautiful spot whose hot springs and spa
have attracted summer vacationers since
the end of the 18thcentury (it is the site
of the summer palace of the former King of
Serbia), it is located in the foothills of
the mountains some distance from the sea

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and the weather for outdoor work could be
nippy. "They told us to expect wet and
cold weather," said Addy. "We just hope it
doesn't snow," added Marshall.

Marshall and Addy will also have a rare
opportunity to study the works of many
famous sculptors. Over the years the work
done by symposium participants has been
placed in parks, fields and public gardens
all over Arandjelovac, giving the town
(and the sculptures) a remarkable setting.
"They don't favour one style," explained
Marshall, noting that the works vary from
realist to abstract. Arandjelovac is, in
fact, becoming a major art centre. In
addition to the sculpture symposium they
have been holding a music festival since
1968 and a ceramics symposium since 1973.

In the meantime, David Marshall has been
doing his homework. "After I asked some
pretty naive questions about Yugoslavia,
the Consul sent me down to Expo and told
me to look through the Yugoslavian
pavilion," he confessed. He has also been
reading books on the country and was
pleased to discover that Yugoslavian food
is highly rated.

Work from this year's sculpture

symposium will be unveiled in Arandjelovac
this summer, althoughas the town

already has a great many sculptures, the
works will likely be donated to another
city. Unfortunately, David Marshall is
unlikely to be there for the event. He is
already committed to attending a sculpture
symposium in granite to be held in Sweden
in the summer, and will be stopping off
there on his way to Yugoslavia this fall
to help with the planning of it. He leaves
Vancouver on Friday the 26th, meets up
with Addy on Tuesday, and starts carving
marble on Wednesday.

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