Znovuzrození, Bronze statue at Václav Havel Square, Prague, Czech Republic.
Znovuzrození is a bronze sculpture by Josef Malejovský, installed in 1983 on a cylindrical plinth on Václav Havel Square, between the National Theatre and its New Stage in Prague's Nové Město. It depicts a standing clothed woman, cast in bronze, and is protected as part of a cultural heritage site.
Znovuzrození was cast in bronze and installed in 1983 on the piazzetta between the National Theatre and its New Stage, the space now called Václav Havel Square. Its author, sculptor and politician Josef Malejovský (1914–2003), worked in the socialist realist idiom. The square was renamed in 2016 after the first Czech president, and the statue is a protected monument, belonging to the National Theatre's New Stage.
The name Znovuzrození means "Rebirth" in Czech, and the bronze figure of a standing clothed woman is a work of socialist realism. The statue belongs to the New Stage of the National Theatre and is decorated on various occasions. It has been wrapped in a bubblegum-like cover, dressed in a Carmen costume and given a lookalike of Klimt's Woman in Gold.
The sculpture stands on the piazzetta between the National Theatre and its New Stage, on what has been Václav Havel Square since 2016. It is freely accessible year-round, outdoors and at street level, so it can be viewed at any hour. Nearby on the same square stands Kurt Gebauer's steel Heart for Václav Havel.
The sculpture regularly serves as a base for temporary artistic interventions that change its appearance short-term. Visitors have documented it dressed in Carmen costumes or designs inspired by Gustav Klimt, revealing how actively the artistic dialogue around the work continues.
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