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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Visit The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Gard
 en\nEvent Url: http://www.artshound.com/event/detail/3153/Visit_The_Lillie
 _and_Hugh_Roy_Cullen_Sculpture_Garden\nEvent Date Begin: 2006-09-29\nEvent
  Date End: 2037-01-01\n\nThe Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden i
 s a remarkable work of art itself. Spanning slightly more than one acre\, 
 the graceful site embodies 'a geometry of playfulness\,' as trees\, walls\
 , lawns\, and pavers come together to form a brilliant frame for outdoor s
 culpture. New seasons and different times of day make the Cullen Sculpture
  Garden an ever changing gallery for art and a welcoming destination for v
 isitors. \n\nIsamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988)\, architect of the garden\, was a
 lso active as a sculptor and designer. Born in Los Angeles\, California\, 
 he was raised in the United States and Japan. After completing his studies
  in New York in the mid 1920s\, he made extended visits to Paris\, Beijing
 \, Tokyo\, and Kyoto. While New York remained his home base in subsequent 
 years\, he continued to travel widely\, developing a remarkable body of wo
 rk which integrated modernist aesthetics with world culture. \n\nWorking w
 ith Houston landscape architect Johnny Steele\, Isamu Noguchi selected the
  plants and trees for the garden with care\, favoring native species when 
 possible. Today the Cullen Sculpture Garden contains over 80 trees\, inclu
 ding: Drummond Red Maples\, Mimosas\, Loblolly Pines\, Drake Elms\, Bald C
 ypresses\, Southern Magnolias\, Crape Myrtles\, and Water Oaks. Other plan
 tings include: Giant Timber Bamboo\, Feather Bamboo\, Green Pittosporum\, 
 Evergreen Wisteria\, and Asian Jasmine. Along the garden's outer walls are
  Live Oaks and Cedar Elms. \n\nThe Cullen Sculpture Garden is home to more
  than 25 works from the MFAH's collection\, as well as selected loans. Mas
 terpieces always on view include sculptures by Henri Matisse\, Alexander C
 alder\, David Smith\, Frank Stella\, and Louise Bourgeois. Artworks specif
 ically created for the site include Ellsworth Kelly's Houston Triptych and
  Tony Cragg's New Forms. The garden also features works by Texas artists\,
  including Joseph Havel's Exhaling Pearls\, Jim Love's Can Johnny Come Out
  And Play?\, and Linda Ridgway's The Dance. \n\nPictured: Marino Marini\, 
 The Pilgrim (Il pellegrino)\, 1939\, Bronze. Gift of the Hobby Foundation.
 \n\nStart time: Open Daily from 9am-10pm
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SUMMARY:Visit The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
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