3R 1E] +VSYRHW *SV 7GYPTXYVI [MPP STIR XLI PEVKIWX ERH QSWX WMKRMÁGERX I\LMFMXMSR MR MXW LMWXSV] a presentation of work by its founder, Seward Johnson. The exhibit will feature more than 150 sculptures, including his much-acclaimed *SVIZIV 1EVMP]R 8LI %[EOIRMRK and 9RGSRHMXMSREP 7YVVIRHIV Works will be sited in three indoor galleries as well as across the 42-acre park campus. Johnson, age 83, is an American sculptor and philanthropist who has dedicated his career to public art. His life-like bronze and QSRYQIRXEP ÁKYVIW EVI JEQMPMEV WMKLXW XLVSYKLSYX XLI 9RMXIH States, Europe and Asia. He is also the founder of the not-forTVSÁX +VSYRHW *SV 7GYPTXYVI [LMGL STIRIH MXW HSSVW XS XLI TYFPMG in 1992 and includes works from such notable artists as Clement 1IEHQSVI %RXLSR] 'EVS &IZIVP] 4ITTIV +ISVKI 7IKEP ERH -WEEG Witkin. The park, located in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, welcomes nearly 160,000 visitors annually. Seward Johnson: The Retrospective [MPP WTER ÁZI HIGEHIW SJ Johnson’s exploration into what he refers to as “The Visceral Moment.” He describes this as the pivotal moment when viewers engage with a piece of artwork and transcend their own place in space and time to experience a heightened connection to their common humanity. Johnson’s best-known works are the lifelike sculptures from his Celebrating the Familiar series. These pieces draw attention to the smallest details of ordinary life: a nap on a park bench, a trip to the grocery store, the pleasure a child takes in an ice cream cone. 8LI] LEZI FIIR WLS[R MRXIVREXMSREPP] JVSQ -WXERFYP XS 6SQI EW [IPP EW EGVSWW XLI 9RMXIH 7XEXIW µ- [ERX Q] [SVO XS HMWETTIEV MRXS the landscape and then take a viewer by surprise,” Johnson said in a 2002 interview with The New York Times. “After he gets over the shock of being fooled, it becomes an emotional discovery. Then he owns the sculpture. People often revisit their favorites. They become like friends.” Also on view during Seward Johnson: The Retrospective are works from his Beyond the Frame WIVMIW %R LSQEKI XS XLI -QTVIWWMSRMWX painters, Beyond the Frame works transform well-known paintings such as Claude Monet’s Garden at Sainte-Addresse and Edouard Manet’s Le Dejeuner sur l’herbe into life-sized three-dimensional tableaux. These works, says Johnson, “allow an intimacy with the paintings that the paintings don’t allow themselves.” A third series, Icons Revisited, includes works inspired by familiar and time-tested images. His Unconditional Surrender captures the famous Times Square V-Day moment when a sailor kissed a nurse. This iconic sculpture, enlarged to 25 feet, has been invited XS 8MQIW 7UYEVI 7ER (MIKS 7EVEWSXE ERH 6SQI -XEP] .SLRWSR¸W Forever Marilyn, a 26-foot-tall, stainless steel and aluminum Marilyn Monroe complete with white billowing skirt, has captured the attention of the The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and others. Throughout the duration of Seward Johnson: The Retrospective, +VSYRHW *SV 7GYPTXYVI [MPP SJJIV LERHW SR EVX QEOMRK [SVOWLSTW MRWTMVIH F] XLI LYQSV ERH LYQERMWXMG MRWMKLX SJ XLMW TVSPMÁG EVXMWX tours of the park and artwork, screenings of archival footage, an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour with Johnson himself, and more.
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