For the first time in Florida, Origami in the Garden, the monumental outdoor sculpture exhibition created by American artists Kevin and Jennifer Box, will be displayed in multiple locations in Naples from late October through April 23, 2017. In a unique collaboration, Naples Botanical Garden and Artis-Naples will each exhibit various pieces of the playful, large-scale works of the internationally renowned sculptors and origami creators. Lectures, hands-on demonstrations and a film screening are also part of the exhibition, which is supported by funding from the Collier County Tourist Development Council, paradisecoast.com
The distinctive creations, from giant paper cranes to a life-size Pegasus, take the art of single-paper folding to a new level. Sculptor Kevin Box pioneered an innovative method of capturing an origami’s delicate detail and rendering it with museum-quality metals into large-scale works of art. Remarkably, each sculpture in the Origami in the Garden collection began with a single piece of paper. Over 50 pieces of sculpture will be displayed between the Botanical Gardens and the The Baker Museum. Of those, 30 will be outdoors, primarily in the Botanical Garden.