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sculpture garden research

trying to visit every garden and sculpture garden i can to research the future garden of the goddess (name is wip) . . .

jess hicks

Apr 21, 2021

this week my partner and i took a little day trip to Ground for Sculpture in hamilton township, nj for our anniversary and ultimately for my sculpture garden research as i have a bit of a secret dream of someday creating a sculpture garden- currently i’m calling this secret space i’m dreaming of “the garden of the goddess”.

we took our trip on a grey monday after we realized all the sunny weekend tickets were sold out, and we also took our trip with very little expectation or research, just planning to have a nice grey day walking around looking at things. the fountains are not yet on, but the grass is green.

^these bulls had me feeling fecund and a bit juicy tbh

overall, Ground for Sculpture had sort of what I think of as a capital “A” Art/Art History amusement park type of vibe, but with no rides- think reproductions of famous paintings come to life like a giant American Gothic couple, a Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe manet picnic to stumble upon through a bush, the ode to matisse at the top of this post. it could almost at times be a eurocentric mini golf situation? a fun and funny vibe for many to photograph and insert themselves into a little slice of history or a particular culture? all these recreations were made by Seward Johnson and Seward Johnson atelier… come to find out when googling this man once we got home- he is a Johnson jr, heir to johnson sr’s fortune made from you guessed it- Johnson & Johnson. i did not tend to photograph his work much ( the dancers got me tho…)…

needless to say Seward will not be included in the garden of the goddess.

open to future ideas about mouths as puddles/ puddles in mouths for *the garden*

*Guard Beast*, Dana Stewart, 1989- she loves dogs and we love that she loves dogs

*Gossip*, Martha Pettigrew, 2002 — i love gossip and the roots of the word so much, i will have to get to this at some point

this Kiki Smith piece is in a fountain part of the garden and i’m thinking when the water comes on she is squatting and peeing. i would go back just to see this and i am very open to many sculptures of non-men safely peeing outdoors in *the garden.*

portal rest…. portal.. rest….

*Memory*, Masayuki Koorida, 2011- memory welcome in *the garden*

*Sage, Sage B*, Magdalena Abakanowicz, 1988- sage welcome in *the garden*

*The Nine Muses,* Carlos Dorrien, 1990-97- not sure about this man and his headless women, but muses are welcome in *the garden.*

my sweetie with *Pillars of Hercules*, Benbow Bullock, 1995

<3 jess