Folayemi Wilson, Eliza's Peculiar Cabinet of Curiosities

Eliza’s Peculiar Cabinet of Curiosities is an ongoing project of the Lynden Sculpture Garden and is open to the public April through October (weather permitting). The Cabinet remains at the center of our education and public programming, with new programming each summer. In the summer of 2016, Chicago-based artist Folayemi Wilson unveiled Eliza’s Peculiar Cabinet […]

Alexander Liberman, Axeltree

Alexander Liberman was born in Kiev, Russia (now Ukraine) in 1912. Liberman was a sculptor, painter, photographer, writer and editor. He is best known for his monumental sculptures and his long tenure as the editorial director of Condé Nast’s publications. Liberman spent his early years in Russia. During the Revolution his mother started the country’s […]

George Sugarman, Trio

George Sugarman, the artist best known for taking sculpture off the pedestal and placing it directly on the ground, was born in New York City in 1912. He graduated from City College in 1934 and served in the Navy from 1941 to 1945. After the war, Sugarman attended night classes at the Museum of Modern […]