{"id":107,"date":"2022-01-20T22:33:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T22:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/?p=107"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:07:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:07:02","slug":"nj-garage-frieze-with-relief-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/nj-garage-frieze-with-relief-sculpture\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Garage Frieze with Relief Sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was on a walk in Montclair, NJ today when I noticed this garage (above) on a residential street, and did a double-take. From a distance, I could that there was a custom installation of an artistic frieze, featuring some relief sculpture, but I had to move closer to get a better look. Once I did get closer, I could see these two reclining nudes, two female figures, in a carving that has been installed over the garage door.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2561\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/reclining-nudes-garage-frieze.jpg\" alt=\"reclining nudes on a Montclair garage frieze\" width=\"850\" height=\"614\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/reclining-nudes-garage-frieze.jpg 850w, https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/reclining-nudes-garage-frieze-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/reclining-nudes-garage-frieze-768x555.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two reclining nudes installed over the garage door on a home in Montclair, NJ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I think this is pretty cool! I think it takes some guts to put two nude figures on the exterior of one&#8217;s house &#8211; you can bet there&#8217;s some stuffy neighbors who have a problem with it, but it makes for a unique and artistic addition to this garage!  The figures have a slight resemblance to Picasso figures, but I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a direct copy or direct reference to any specific works.  At any rate, nice to see something unusual and creative in the neighborhood!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was on a walk in Montclair, NJ today when I noticed this garage (above) on a residential street, and did a double-take. From a distance, I could that there was a custom installation of an artistic frieze, featuring some relief sculpture, but I had to move closer to get a better look. Once I &#8230; <a title=\"NJ Garage Frieze with Relief Sculpture\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/nj-garage-frieze-with-relief-sculpture\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about NJ Garage Frieze with Relief Sculpture\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,21,24],"tags":[105,509,627,632],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-found-art","category-home-living","tag-art-frieze","tag-montclair","tag-reclining-nudes","tag-relief-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2563,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/2563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckinneyarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}