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“New Jersey’s foremost sculpture park & museum”
In 1984, J. Seward Johnson, sculptor and philanthropist, envisioned a public sculpture garden and museum in Hamilton, NJ. His desire was to make contemporary sculpture as an art form more accessible and to offer people from all backgrounds the opportunity to become comfortable with contemporary art. Grounds For Sculpture was conceived as a place where audiences could experience sculpture in a familiar, accessible, and informal setting.Construction on the sculpture park began in 1989 on the site of the former New Jersey State Fairgrounds; Grounds For Sculpture opened to the general public in 1992. Since its inception, the park has built a collection of over 240 works, including sculptures by renowned artists Clement Meadmore, Anthony Caro, Beverly Pepper, Kiki Smith, and New Jersey sculptor George Segal. Some of the works in the collection were commissioned specifically for the sculpture park, such as Magdalena Abakanowicz’s Space of Stone and New Jersey artist Isaac Witkin’s Garden State. Work on the park and sculpture acquisitions were financed by public tax-exempt bonds and private foundations associated with founder J. Seward Johnson.Since 2000, Grounds For Sculpture is a public not-for-profit corporation with a Board of Trustees overseeing the successful operation of New Jersey’s foremost sculpture park and museum. As a not-for-profit and public institution, Grounds For Sculpture relies on the support of visitors, art patrons, donations and grants to offer its rich programs and activities each year.
HAMILTON: beauty, wonder, and humor are all words that crossed my mind while walking through Grounds for Sculpture, an outdoor oasis of meticulously kept gardens featuring beautifully designed... Read more
I've been wanting to visit GFS for a while and finally got that chance this weekend. Went as a group of 3 with my family. There was a long line of cars to get into the place which was surprising... Read more
A neat surprise of a place I'd never heard about until my sister took us on a tour. The place was started a while back by Seward Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson business fortune and the... Read more
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