Sculptor Mladen Mikulin and the Bust of Jim Morrison in Paris

The interview of rock critic and journalist Darko Glavan with the Croatian sculptor Mladen Mikulin (Croatian Radio-Television HRT 1996), who made the famous grave bust of Jim Morrison in 1981 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Jim's death. The legendary frontman of the Doors was Mikulin's greatest inspiration when he was just a young sculptor in search for artistic freedom. He speaks about his administrative troubles when he asked for the license to place the bust on Morrison's gravestone. He said his motive for intervention on Jim's grave (Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris) those days was the fact that visitors there just looked into empty hole between the others cemetery tombstones. He thought that was not appropriate. The sculpture was on Jim's grave until March 1988, when it was stolen without a trace, which was very sad day for the sculptor. Mikulin later made the new bust of Jim Morrison in bronze, but unfortunately he didn't receive the license to place a new bust on the tomb. Mladen Mikulin was born in 1958. He graduated in 1986 from the sculpture department of the Academy of Visual Arts in Zagreb. Today he lives in Zagreb, Croatia.

Cemetery cool and quiet
Hate to leave your sacred lay
Dread the milky coming of the day
I´d love to stay...