J Seward Johnson Home Page
After a lifetime as a painter, in
1968, J. Seward Johnson, Jr., turned his talents to the medium of sculpture.
Since then, more than 200 of Johnson's lifesize cast bronze figures have been
featured in private collections in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia,
as well as prominent places in the public realm such as the Rockefeller
Center and the World Trade Center in New York City and Queen Elizabeth Park in
Vancouver, Canada. Johnson's most dramatic work -- and also his largest -- is
the 70' aluminum giant entitled "The Awakening." This sculpture was selected for
the International Sculpture Conference Exhibition and is sited in Washington,
D.C. on a long term loan. Subsequent exhibitions include: the Galleria Ca D'oro,
Piazza di Spagna, Rome, the RW Norton Art Museum, the Knoxville Museum of Art,
the Wave Hill Sculpture Park, the Jacksonville Art Museum, at Yale University,
and solo exhibitions in Connecticut, New Jersey, Texas, California, New York,
Washington, D.C., as well as in Mexico and Canada. Corporate collectors include
the Nike Corporation, Arthur Andersen, Dial, Commerz Bank, and The Trammell Crow
Company. Two exhibitions of Johnson's realistic sculptures are now touring in
major European cities and will continue throughout the next year.
Photographs and articles about
Johnson's realistic works have appeared in Time, Art News, Art in America, U.S.
News and World Report, Travel and Leisure, Smithsonian, and Life magazines, in
addition to The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. A
comprehensive book on the artist, entitled "Celebrating the Familiar," has been
published and is available at bookstores and through the artist's curator.
Located in NJ, I didn't know this piece (pictured provided) was by a famous
artist until someone else pointed it out to me. The site above will provide
some guides to finding his pieces, but there are other sites which will provide
more detailed directions. The usual locationless cache requirements apply here.
one log per user, one log per individual, gps must be in the shot, etc etc. Most
importantly: to log a find it must be a public display, NOT a museum display.
Also, you must provide a shot of the gps with the statue, as well as a wide shot
to establish the piece is public.