Bridge Gardens Uncommon Ground

In the summer of 2011, Uncommon Ground, a sculpture exhibition featuring the work of nine internationally recognized artists was on display at Bridge Gardens from:

June 8 through September 11.

Special Evenings in celebration of the exhibition:

Evening of Music: Friday, July 8th 6:00

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 23rd 6:00 - 8:00

Uncommon Ground II: is a sequal to last year's exhibition, Uncommon Ground. Now in it's second year at Bridge Gardens, the exhibition further explored our relationship with the natural world and the one which we create. 

The dynamic of the garden itself, with its undulating play between the purely natural and "cultivated," provides the substrate or "ground" from which the sculptures are seemingly born.

Many of the pieces were created expressly for the Bridge Garden landscape; forms spring forth from the rich garden soil where they were seeded and nourished, shapes swing from trees echoing limbs and branches, or flower from nearby hedges in boldly colored shapes and textures. Structures beget paths and vestibules, walkways or caverns and direct us through or around themselves, each creating a unique spatial reality, one which confronts and interacts with the viewer on a variety of levels.

The exhibition explored these ideas though the hands of 11 contemporary artists working in a variety of materials and techniques. All of the artists represented are supported by an established record of fellowships, awards and have extensive exhibition histories with galleries, museums and public works venues throughout the United States and Europe.

The artists are: Alexander Krivosheiw, Caroline Ramersdorfer, Norman Mooney, Herbert Mehler, Zoetrope, Michael Enn Sirvet, Peter Rosenthal and Lila Katzen. Returning artists are John Van Alstine, Kevin Barrett and Isobel Folb Sokolow.

The show is curated by Cheryl Sokolow of C Fine Art, New York. The sculptures featured in the show can be seen below.