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Santa Fe, New Mexico, sculpture artist Kevin Box watches as his piece titled “Light Boat” is lowered to the ground near the spring house at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley for the Origami in the Garden exhibit.
A “Painted Pony” is carried during set-up for the Origami in the Garden exhibit at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester. From left are Eben Markowski of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Joel Lowery, assistant manager of Gardens and Grounds at the museum; Perry Mathewes, deputy director of operations and director of gardens at the museum, and David Wagner of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, artist Kevin Box carries one of his "Painted Ponies" sculptures while setting up the Origami in the Garden exhibit at the Museum of the Shenadoah Valley in Winchester. The exhibit continues through Nov. 13.
"Balancing Act," a painted cast bronze and powder coated stainless steel sculpture, greets visitors at the entrance to the gardens at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester at the Origami in the Garden exhibit.
Artists Kevin and Jennifer Box of Santa Fe, New Mexico, have brought their oversized origami sculptures to the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester for the Origami in the Garden exhibit which continues through Nov 13.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, sculpture artist Kevin Box watches as his piece titled “Light Boat” is lowered to the ground near the spring house at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley for the Origami in the Garden exhibit.
A “Painted Pony” is carried during set-up for the Origami in the Garden exhibit at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester. From left are Eben Markowski of Santa Fe, New Mexico; Joel Lowery, assistant manager of Gardens and Grounds at the museum; Perry Mathewes, deputy director of operations and director of gardens at the museum, and David Wagner of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, artist Kevin Box carries one of his "Painted Ponies" sculptures while setting up the Origami in the Garden exhibit at the Museum of the Shenadoah Valley in Winchester. The exhibit continues through Nov. 13.
"Balancing Act," a painted cast bronze and powder coated stainless steel sculpture, greets visitors at the entrance to the gardens at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester at the Origami in the Garden exhibit.
Artists Kevin and Jennifer Box of Santa Fe, New Mexico, have brought their oversized origami sculptures to the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester for the Origami in the Garden exhibit which continues through Nov 13.
WINCHESTER — Origami in the Garden is the latest exhibit at the seven acres of gardens at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.
The show, which starts today, will run through Nov. 13 at 901 Amherst St. in Winchester.
Based on the Japanese art of folded paper, the origami sculptures are made from metal casting or fabricated sheet metal and are meant to imitate paper origami creations.
Each art piece was designed by Santa Fe, New Mexico, artist Kevin Box, first through paper origami and later as a much larger metal replication. For each sculpture, he worked with experts in the field.
His ambition was to create more questions than answers.
“When you have art and a garden together, [you] can contemplate the universe,” he said.
He expects that when people see the show in the garden atmosphere they’ll feel like they’ve truly arrived at the garden like never before.
“Come here and be rewarded by discovering the unexpected,” he said.
To celebrate the opening of the show, the MSV will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. throughout Memorial Day weekend, including on Monday. A ticket to Origami in the Garden will also give visitors access to the museum’s other galleries.
The outdoor exhibit was created by Box, 45, and his wife, Jennifer, 49.
He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and has a background in graphic design and marketing among other art forms. He studied bronze casting after college.
She has a teaching degree and was a dancer in New York City for 10 years before committing her time to the origami exhibit.
Box said that each piece takes him about a year from conception in paper form to realization as a metal replication through Box Studios.
Before traveling to Winchester, the couple had their origami art on exhibit in the front yard of their 35 acres in Santa Fe.
Their first exhibition opened at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden in 2014, and Origami in the Garden has traveled to 17 botanical gardens and museum venues since then.
The MSV display features 11 installations in the formal gardens and a display of paper origami models and “unfolded” cast aluminum wall hangings in the Glen Burnie House, an MSV news release explains.
Visitors will get to see various pieces like running horses, a flying crane, a paper boat and a pegasus. They’re created using aluminum, bronze and steel with some sculptures mounted on stone bases, the release says.
“The placement of the sculptures encourages visitors to explore some of the most picturesque locations in the MSV formal gardens,” the release says. “A group of three colorful painted ponies are framed by more than 20 crabapple trees in the Grand Allée, a boat balances nearly 11 feet in the air on metal oars near a spring-fed stream, and a flying crane with a 12-foot wing span graces the entrance to the Asian Garden.”
The tallest sculpture is a 13-foot-tall butterfly emerging from a chrysalis, and the smallest is a 12-inch bronze acorn that weighs 35 pounds and is part of an installation featuring a seven-foot-tall squirrel.
The exhibit in the Glen Burnie House features intricate origami models of a butterfly, boat, flying crane and a Pegasus created using uncut pieces of paper, the release says. The paper models are complemented by four metal wall hangings that reveal the complex crease patterns and folds hidden beneath the surface of the origami.
Along with works created by Jennifer and Kevin Box, Origami in the Garden features collaborations with world-renowned origami artists Robert J. Lang, Te Jui Fui, Beth Johnson, Michal G. LaFosse and Tim Armijo.
The exhibition includes an audio tour of each piece that attendees can enjoy by calling from their cellphones.
Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for ages 13-18 and seniors (60 and older) and $5 for ages 5-12.
Exhibition admission is free to ages 4 and younger and to MSV members.
Visitors may bring picnics to enjoy on the MSV grounds and purchase ice cream, light snacks and exhibit souvenirs at a Pop-Up Shop in the gardens and in the museum store.
The garden exhibit has been made possible through a sponsorship from the valley’s corporate community, including exhibition partners Perry Engineering Company Inc. and iHeartMedia and the following sponsors: Sugarplum Tent Company; Marlow Motors; Bank of Clarke County Foundation; Blauch Brothers Inc.; Chick-fil-A; Crescent Cities Charities Inc.; Four Winds Tree Experts; H.N. Funkhouser & Co. and Handy Mart; The George Washington Hotel; Lantz Construction Winchester; Love at First Bite Catering and Events; Reader & Swartz Architects; Shenandoah Foot & Ankle Center; Six Star Events LLC; The Winchester Group Inc. and Yount, Hyde & Barbour.
The gardens and the galleries building are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and is closed Monday. For more information, visit theMSV.org or call 540-662-1473 ext. 235.
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