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About the Sculpture

Originally dedicated June 23, 2018 at Holmes Lake Park, Dementia challenges the one point perspective many viewers have of art. Charles Ginnever, the artist, wants you to walk around his pieces and view the various perspectives and optical illusions that are formed from the origami-esque style of sculpture. Ginnever is known for his large folded-metal sculptures. The piece only briefly lived at Holmes Lake and was moved in January of 2019 to Woods Park near the corner of 33rd and "O" Streets. 

About the Artist

Charles Albert Ginnever was born on Aug. 28, 1931, in San Mateo, CA. His father, also named Charles, was treasurer for the City of San Mateo, and his mother, Helyne Ruth Baumgart Ginnever, was executive secretary to the director of what is now the Mills-Peninsula Medical Center. Mr. Ginnever earned an associate degree at San Mateo Junior College in 1951. After service in the National Guard, he studied in France and Italy for several years. He returned to the United States in 1955, earning a bachelor’s degree at the California Institute of Fine Arts in 1957. At Cornell, Mr. Ginnever taught art while studying for a master’s degree, which he earned in 1959. He later taught at other institutions, including, from 1967 to 1974, Windham College in Putney, where he was head of the art department.

He worked largely in steel, created large geometric forms that seem to defy gravity, and need to be walked around to fully understood or appreciated. He also has two other pieces featured in Lincoln, Bop and Crazed in the Antelope Park Triangle, and Shift as part of the Sheldon Art Museum sculpture collection on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. 

Additional Information

Woods Park

Length: 13 ft.  

Height: 8 ft. 

Location

33rd & O St., Lincoln 68510  View Map

40.813116, -96.674028

33rd & O St. , Lincoln 68510

33rd & O St. , Lincoln 68510

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