New Guinea Sculpture Garden - Stanford, CA
Posted by: DougK
N 37° 25.503 W 122° 10.403
10S E 573138 N 4142346
The New Guinea Sculpture Garden is located in an oak and cedar grove in front of Roble Dormitory, near the intersection of Lomita Drive and Santa Teresa Street, on the Stanford University campus.
Waymark Code: WM7M0K
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2009
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During the summer of 1994, 10 master carvers from Papua New Guinea worked in residence to create a permanent outdoor sculpture garden of New Guinea Art at
Stanford University. The garden contains wood and stone carvings of people, animals, and magical beings that illustrate clan stories and creation myths. The project is not an attempt to recreate a traditional New Guinea environment but, according to Project Director Jim Mason, "an opportunity to experiment with and reinterpret New Guinea aesthetic perspectives within the new context of a Western public art space."
Tours are on the Third Sunday of the month at 2 pm, rain or shine.