Object I

An installation view of Object I by Josip Diminić in the Sisak Steelworks Sculpture Park (2018)

• Object I

• Boris Cvjetanović

• University of Split, The Arts Academy
• Boris Cvjetanović

Object I by Josip Diminić (1979), total. (Photo by Boris Cvjetanović, 24 October 2018 © University of Split, The Arts Academy)

Catalogue of the final exhibition of the 1979 Sisak Steelworks Fine Artists Colony

• Object I
• In Memory of George of Dalmatia
• Object II
• Man and Woman
• Bull's Head

• Metallurgical Combine of the Sisak Iron and Steel Works

• Unknown

Krnjaić, Vlado, ed. 1979. IX kolonija lik. umjetnika: izložba radova nastalih u IX Koloniji lik. umjetnika. Sisak: OSIZ u oblasti kulture 'Željezara Sisak'. Courtesy of Vlatko Čakširan (Sisak Municipal Museum).

Comment: Black-and-white photographs of Petar Barišić's Man and Woman, Josip Diminić's Object II (during fabrication), and Jure Žaja's Bull's Head. Short biographies of the three artists, and the list of artworks they produced in the Sisak Steelworks Artists Colony.

An old newspaper article mentioning Josip Diminić's work in the Sisak Steelworks Artists Colony

• Object I
• Object II

• Vjesnik Željezare

• Vjesnik Željezare

Buinac, J. 1979. "Stvaranje i osmišljavanje u neposrednom." Vjesnik Željezare, 12 October, p. 14. (Newspaper courtesy of Đuro Tadić. Digitized by the University of Split Library.)

Comment: List of the steelworkers who assisted Josip Diminić in fabrication of the sculptures Object I and Object II. Diminić's review of the Sisak Steelworks Fine Artists Colony experience.

Artist interview with Josip Diminić conducted in 2013

• Object I
• Object II

• Sagita Mirjam Sunara

• University of Split, The Arts Academy

Diminić, Josip. (2013, September 21). Interview by Sagita Mirjam Sunara [Transcript]. University of Split, The Arts Academy, Conservation-Restoration Department.

Cross-sections of paint samples collected in 2019 from the sculpture Object I by Josip Diminić

• Object I

• Tea Zubin Ferri

• Research Center for Metal Industry in Istria County METRIS

Photos (left to right):

[1] Object I by Josip Diminić (1979), the cross-section of the paint sample 5-1, magnification x100. (Photo by Tea Zubin Ferri, 17 July 2019 © Research Center for Metal Industry in Istria County METRIS)

[2] Object I by Josip Diminić (1979), the cross-section of the paint sample 5-1, magnification x200. (Photo by Tea Zubin Ferri, 17 July 2019 © Research Center for Metal Industry in Istria County METRIS)

[3] Object I by Josip Diminić (1979), the cross-section of the paint sample 5-2, magnification x50. (Photo by Tea Zubin Ferri, 17 July 2019 © Research Center for Metal Industry in Istria County METRIS)

[4] Object I by Josip Diminić (1979), the cross-section of the paint sample 5-2, magnification x200. (Photo by Tea Zubin Ferri, 17 July 2019 © Research Center for Metal Industry in Istria County METRIS)

[5] Object I by Josip Diminić (1979), the cross-section of the paint sample 5-2, magnification x500. (Photo by Tea Zubin Ferri, 17 July 2019 © Research Center for Metal Industry in Istria County METRIS)

[6] Object I by Josip Diminić (1979), the cross-section of the paint sample 5-2, magnification x500. (Photo by Tea Zubin Ferri, 17 July 2019 © Research Center for Metal Industry in Istria County METRIS)

[7] Object I by Josip Diminić (1979), the cross-section of the paint sample 5-3, magnification x100. (Photo by Tea Zubin Ferri, 17 July 2019 © Research Center for Metal Industry in Istria County METRIS)

[8] Object I by Josip Diminić (1979), the cross-section of the paint sample 5-3, magnification x500. (Photo by Tea Zubin Ferri, 17 July 2019 © Research Center for Metal Industry in Istria County METRIS)

[9] Object I by Josip Diminić (1979), the cross-section of the paint sample 5-3, magnification x1000. (Photo by Tea Zubin Ferri, 17 July 2019 © Research Center for Metal Industry in Istria County METRIS)

Sisak Steelworks Sculpture Park: Description of the samples of corrosion products and paint collected in 2019

• Seagull's Wing
• The Work Process
• Sculpture V
• Object I
• Form
• Our Life
• In Memory of George of Dalmatia
• Riderless
• Dark Visions I
• Relief in Space
• Dark Visions II
• Antipodes
• Title unknown
• Puzzle Column
• Man and Woman
• Rhythms II
• Random Form With a Thesis
• Prayer Book
• Wall
• City '85
• Door
• Form I
• Orator
• High Voltage
• Zgurić and Family
• Composition I, Composition II
• Butterfly
• Imaginary Machine
• Man-Machine
• Bull's Head
• Flower
• Bird
• Incandescent Planet
• Ornament
• Wayside Monument

• Neven Peko
• Sagita Mirjam Sunara

• University of Split, The Arts Academy
• Sisak Municipal Museum

Peko, Neven; Sunara, Sagita Mirjam. July 2019. "Sisak Steelworks Sculpture Park, Croatia: Description of the samples delivered to METRIS for analysis." Internal CAPuS report: unpublished. Sisak Municipal Museum, University of Split.

Optical microscopy, micro FT-IR spectroscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy, and SEM/EDS analysis of corrosion products, and coating samples collected in 2019 from the sculpture Object I (1979) by Josip Diminić

• Object I

• Tea Zubin Ferri

• Research Center for Metal Industry in Istria County METRIS

Zubin Ferri, Tea. 2019. "Optical microscopy, micro FT-IR spectroscopy, FT-IR spectroscopy, and SEM/EDS analysis of corrosion products and coating samples from the sculpture Object I (1979) by Josip Diminić." Internal CAPuS report: unpublished. Research Center for Metal Industry in Istria County METRIS.

Comment: Stratigraphic analysis was performed on three samples. Coating characterization was performed by combined micro FT-IR, OM, and SEM/EDS techniques. Corrosion products were analyzed by using SEM/EDS and FT-IR.

Maintenance of the sculptures from the Sisak Steelworks Sculpture Park in 2013

• Symmetry
• Seagull's Wing
• The Work Process
• Sculpture V
• Object I
• Form
• Our Life
• In Memory of George of Dalmatia
• Riderless
• Object II
• Dark Visions I
• Relief in Space
• Flower
• Dark Visions II
• Antipodes
• Title unknown
• Puzzle Column
• Man and Woman
• Rhythms II
• Random Form With a Thesis
• Prayer Book
• Wall
• City '85
• Door
• Form I
• Orator
• High Voltage
• Zgurić and Family
• Composition I, Composition II
• Butterfly
• Imaginary Machine
• Man-Machine
• Bull's Head
• Flower
• Bird
• Incandescent Planet
• Ornament
• Wayside Monument

• Sagita Mirjam Sunara
• Valentina Ljubić Tobisch

• University of Split, The Arts Academy

Ljubić Tobisch, Valentina; Sunara, Sagita Mirjam. 2013. "Izvješće o provođenju mjera preventivne zaštite na javnim skulpturama nastalim u sklopu Kolonije likovnih umjetnika Željezare Sisak." Unpublished report. University of Split, The Arts Academy, Conservation-Restoration Department.