About the Exhibition

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 and will be on view until October 2026. 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.

Join exhibition curator Glenn Adamson and the six Ground/work 2025 artists, Javier Senosiain, Aboubakar Fofana, Laura Ellen Bacon, Hugh Hayden, Yō Akiyama, and Milena Naef for a virtual tour of the exhibition in the video below.

Ground/work 2025 is organized by the Clark Art Institute and curated by independent scholar Glenn Adamson. The exhibition is located throughout our campus, see the Ground/work 2025 map online or via our exhibition guide on Bloomberg Connects. Trail maps are available at kiosks located across the campus.

Ground/work 2025 is made possible by Denise Littlefield Sobel. Major funding is provided by the Edward and Maureen Fennessy Bousa Fund for Contemporary Projects, Karen and Robert Scott, and VIA Art Fund, with additional support from Thomas and Lily Beischer, Girlfriend Fund, and Agnes Gund.

Click here to read the large print label text of the exhibition.

Click here to purchase the Ground/work 2025 catalogue.