Slobodan Pejić

Who is Slobodan Pejić?

Slobodan Pejić was a Bosnian sculptor and painter who lived for most of his life in Slovenia. He is best known after having transformed a 300-year old oak tree that fell in the storm in Tivoli Park in Ljubljana into the sculpture Coexistence in 2000, proposing with the act the beginning of a sculpture garden in the park. He painted numerous frescos in Bosnia and Croatia. In addition, he invented a new technique in sculpture, based on moulding and gas expansion. He was for many years the Ljubljana correspondent of the Tanjug press agency.