Ground/work 2025

Ground/work 2025 is an outdoor exhibition of six monumental sculptures positioned across the Clark’s campus. Each participating artist reimagines a global craft tradition in contemporary form: Mexican tile mosaic (Javier Senosiain), West African indigo dyeing (Aboubakar Fofana), British willow weaving (Laura Ellen Bacon), American woodworking (Hugh Hayden), Japanese ceramics (Yō Akiyama), and European marble carving (Milena Naef). 

Craft is a crucial variable in the equation of art; it takes many forms across the world, not only in terms of materials and processes, but also in terms of cultural and spiritual associations. No matter where or how craft is practiced, though, it always comes down to skilled human hands—what they bring to our shared environment.

The exhibition is free to visit at any time of day or night. We invite you to revisit the works as the seasons change. Like the trees, stones, and animals that surround them, these works are part of the living landscape.

The six Ground/work 2025 artists are Javier Senosiain, Aboubakar Fofana, Laura Ellen Bacon, Hugh Hayden, Yō Akiyama, and Milena Naef.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website