Sculpture Garden Anniversary Celebration

Norton Simon Museum Sculpture Garden Celebration Continues

A highlight is the release this spring of the new publication
A Living Work of Art: The Norton Simon Museum Sculpture Garden

Pasadena, CA—The Norton Simon Museum continues its celebration of the 15th anniversary of its sculpture garden with special programming and the publication of a book. Designed by renowned landscape designer Nancy Goslee Power, the Norton Simon Museum Sculpture Garden has been a highlight for visitors since it was unveiled in October 1999. Works by Aristide Maillol, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Auguste Rodin, Jacques Lipchitz and others are installed throughout the Museum’s lush and vibrant gardens.

To commemorate this milestone, the Norton Simon Museum launched a yearlong celebration of the Sculpture Garden last October. The inaugural event was a lively discussion with Power and Museum staff who were involved in the renovation. At the same time, the Museum published a new, free Garden Guide, launched an updated web section (nortonsimon.org/garden) and organized a series of special tours and family programs.

This spring, the focus continues with the launch of a book, titled A Living Work of Art: The Norton Simon Museum Sculpture Garden (Norton Simon Museum, $50). Designed by Marquand Books and distributed by ACC Distribution, New York, this handsome publication provides an in-depth examination into the Museum’s garden and the sculpture it contains. The introductory chapter, chock full of rarely seen archival images, tells of the land’s early settlers and its transformation into Carmelita Gardens and later the Pasadena Art Museum. Next, Power tells of the inspiration and hard work that led to the reimagined Sculpture Garden in the 1990s. Finally, essays by museum curators on each of the 40 sculptures in the Norton Simon Museum Sculpture Garden provide a wonderful overview of artwork by some of the most renowned artists of the 19th and 20th century. Throughout the publication are more than 100 photographs of the garden and sculpture taken by Tim Street-Porter. Street-Porter, a well-known landscape and architectural photographer based in Los Angeles, was commissioned by the Norton Simon foundations to photograph the garden over the course of four seasons.

Publication Information:
A Living Work of Art: The Norton Simon Museum Sculpture Garden
General Editors: Leslie C. Denk and Carol Togneri
Norton Simon Museum
10” x 11”, 136 pages, Hardcover
103 color illustrations, 22 archival illustrations
Retail price: $50
ISBN: 978-0-9891956-1-4
Publication Date: May 11, 2015
Available at the Norton Simon Museum bookstore: store.nortonsimon.org | (626) 844-6942 | [email protected]; or through ACC Distribution, New York.