Grounds for Sculpture


Hamilton, NJ

A spectacular garden build around a collection of large scale contemporary sculptures. The installation takes a particularly playful approach in as much as some of the artwork is hidden from plain sight within the rugged landscape and needs to be discovered. The visitor is encouraged to stray off the beaten path to go play hide and seek with the sculptures. The luscious landscaping makes the park appear bigger than it seems as there always appear to be new corners to turn and passages to follow - often leading back to areas where one has already been before, but approaching it from a new angle. Being able to discover some sculpture from different angles at different occasions makes an impressive case for the "architectural" quality of sculpture as a 3 dimensional medium which does not have a natural, obvious viewpoint and often can't be looked at in isolation since it strongly interacts with its surrounds.


Posted: Sat - August 19, 2006 at 09:21 PM        


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