The surrounding environment at these idyllic parks informs our understanding of the art and turns a visit to the museum into a day out by the sea, in the forest or at the lake.
The Sculpture Park, Surrey: More selling exhibition than outdoor museum, this park (less than two hours from London) displays an ever-changing array of sculptures by hundreds of contemporary artists. You can visit the park year-round, not only in real life, but also by going on a virtual tour courtesy of Google Maps! google.co.uk/maps, thesculpturepark.com
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle: A prime example of urban redevelopment, the Seattle Art Museum turned a former waterfront industrial site into a futuristic outdoor gallery. The shape and slant of the sloping site were challenges, but turned the resulting park into a bold, modern landscape. seattleartmuseum.org
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Big Ideas: 12 Impressive Sculpture Parks.
Vigeland Park, Oslo
Vigeland Park, Oslo: Not the only – but certainly the largest – sculpture park created by a single artist, this precisely landscaped space is the life’s work of Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland. His legacy also includes the museum housed in his former home and studio, adjacent to the park. vigeland.museum.no
Bruno Weber Park, Spreitenbach: Bruno Weber’s life work, a phantastical wonderland of similarly eccentric sculptures, seems entirely at odds with typical Swiss virtues like accuracy, tidiness and rationality. Recently reopened, the park proves that sometimes a contrast is what makes a work of art shine. brunoweberpark.ch
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Big Ideas: 12 Impressive Sculpture Parks.
NIROX Sculpture Park, Johannesburg
NIROX Sculpture Park, Johannesburg: Wandering through the lush and peaceful park, occasionally discovering a sculpture, it’s hard to believe that Johannesburg is less than an hour away. The fact that the site is located within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site adds to the profound sense of interaction between nature and artistic form. niroxarts.comPhoto: ‘Rock Rubbings’ by Priyanka Choudhay
Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney: The sculpted coastline of the Bondi to Tamarama seaside walk inspired the 1st edition of this festival, which still takes place in the same location each year, placing sculptures atop rocks, in caves and on beaches along the popular walk. In addition, there are similarly beachy events in Perth, Western Australia and Aarhus, Denmark. http://www.sculpturebythesea.com/Home.aspx
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Big Ideas: 12 Impressive Sculpture Parks.
Art on the Mountain, Zell am See
Art on the Mountain, Zell am See: It’s not every day you take a cable car to the museum. Of course, you can also hike to the top of the mountain, or ski down from the peak… but you’ll have to get active to discover all of the 30 sculptures commissioned for this Alpine town. schmitten.at
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Big Ideas: 12 Impressive Sculpture Parks.
Lough Boora Discovery Park, Ireland
Lough Boora Discovery Park, Ireland: The earliest sculptures created at this location in the centre of Ireland date back to 6000 BC. Artefacts indicating a Mesolithic settlement were found in the peaty bog in 1977, but more recently, a series of specially commissioned site-specific sculptures have brought the rugged nature reserve to new life. loughboora.com
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