The four new exhibitions are done by Boaz Vaadia, Paul Henry Ramirez, Nikki Rosato and Ayami Aoyama.
HAMILTON -- Grounds For Sculpture announced its spring and summer exhibition season will debut May 1 featuring four artists' works on the "body and soul."
The four new exhibitions are done by Boaz Vaadia, Paul Henry Ramirez, Nikki Rosato and Ayami Aoyama, the sculpture garden said in a statement.
"These artists focus on the body and soul, captured in a diverse range of materials and in different approaches to creating art," the statement said.
"Their works define a connection to ourselves and how we embrace the spirit of the natural world around us," the 42-acre sculpture garden and museum announced.
Grounds For Sculpture said Vaadia's 30 pieces to be featured in the Museum Building, on the Domestic Arts Building Mezzanine and in the outdoor section "compromises the main body of the exhibition."
The Israeli-born, New York artist creates "figurative compositions" using chiseled, stacked sedimentary rock - much of which is cast in bronze. Vaadia's early work will be on display in the Domestic Arts Building Mezzanine.
Ramirez's "multisensory" display "RATTLE" can be seen in the West Gallery and features music by Japanese-born, New York experimental artist So Takahashi, according to Grounds For Sculpture.
"'RATTLE', with its bold, bright, playful use of color, is as much a celebration of life as a study in precision and meticulous detail," Grounds For Sculpture said. "(It) invites visitors to walk into the belly of the work, challenging traditional views on how sculpture is experienced."
Rosato and Aoyama's works will be featured in the Domestic Arts Building. Grounds For Sculpture said Rosato's "Inbound" exhibit uses works cut from road maps, leaving "linear forms created from the leftover roads and waterways, which serves as a metaphor for personal connections and experiences."
"'Inbound' highlights the exaggerated lines of her work by playing with light and shadow focuses on her use of volumetric negative space, which forms a spatial counterpoint to the solidity of Ayami Aoyama's work displayed in the adjacent gallery," Grounds For Sculpture said.
New Jersey artist Aoyama hand carved stones using various tools in "Silence" to highlight the theme of "connecting to the spiritual world."
Various events will be held throughout the spring/summer exhibition season. Info on the events can be found at groundsforsculpture.org.
Grounds For Sculpture said the exhibitions are sponsored in part by grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the Department of State, Bank of America, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The Johnson Art and Education Foundation, The Brook Barrie Art Fund, Quaker Bridge Mall and The Consulate of Israel in New York.
Grounds For Sculpture is located at 80 Sculptors Way in Hamilton.
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