Grounds for sculpture (1 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Oversized in color illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 46 pp. Illustrated throughout with color photos and reproductions. Issued to coincide with the exhibition that ran from May 4 through September 24, 2014 at the Grounds for Sculpture. Seward Johnson (1930-2020), a native of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was an American artist known specially for his trompe-l'oeil paintings and even more so for his life-sized bronze sculptures nade from castings of living people engaged in day-to-day activities (for example: "Waiting", a man sitting on a park bench reading a newspaper, "Allow Me", a man hailing a cab and holding an umbrella, "Big Sister", a young woman altering the hems on her little sister's pants). Johnson's public sculptures are exhibited around the world, from Brisbane, Australia, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Bordentown and Princeton, New Jersey.…