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General News: Storm King Art Center at 50
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| Andrew Goldsworthy sees the moss and grass growing atop the boulders as an integral part of his wall art. |
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| Stephen Talasnik (l) discusses his bamboo creation, Stream: A Folded Drawing, at Storm King Art Center. |
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| The Arch by Alexander Calder greets visitors to the art center. |
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| Mark di Suvero's Mother Peace is part of the art center's permanent collection. |
June 04, 2010
Cornwall residents have an amazing opportunity to explore some of the most significant sculpture of the 20th and 21st century right in your backyard at the world-class Storm King Art Center in Mountainville.
The art center is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a major exhibit of twelve new and recent sculptures, six of them created specifically for the occasion, and encourages people to visit for an hour – or to stay all day to enjoy this unique outdoor art experience.
Visitors to the Storm King Art Center are invited to walk the paths or rent a bicycle to tour the 500 rolling park-like acres to view the new sculptures that are sited among dozen of monumental sculptures that are part of the center’s permanent collection. Trams are also available for those preferring to ride.
Takasnik's Bamboo Creation Combines Aesthetics and Engineering
On Thursday, artist Stephan Talasnik was adding the final pieces to his mammoth bamboo creation entitled Stream: A Folded Drawing, which he designed so that it appears to be rolling down the hill on which it is sited. Talasnik explained to visitors that he applied engineering and architectural principals to enhance the aesthetics of the landscape when he designed his sculpture on a computer. He then came to Storm King Art Center with a crew where they built the structure in 20 days, using 3,000 bamboo poles connected by a 15,000 stainless steel straps. (Visit www.stormking.org/stream for more about his work.)
Storm King Art Center director and curator David Collens worked directly with the ten artists whose work is featured in the new exhibit, 5 + 5: New Perspectives, and he gave a fascinating tour of the works, describing how the artists contemplated and studied the unique features of the landscape to find the inspiration for the work. Andrew Goldsworthy, whose Storm King Wall is a highlight of the permanent collection, brought a team from England to create another wall that winds around large boulders and tapers off into the roads in a manner evoking an ancient ruin.
See the World Through the Viewing Scope
Alyson Shotz’s Viewing Scope gives visitors multiple views of the landscape that are fractured by different lenses in the scope that is positioned atop Museum Hill. Shotz's work also appears at the foot of that hill, in a 130-foot long picket fence made from a mirror in which you can see the grass or woods on either side reflected in the pickets.
Other artists who contributed new pieces to the existing collection of their work at Storm King include Alice Aycock, Chakaia Booker, Mark di Suvero and Ursular von Rydingsvard. Other newcomers are John Bisbee, Maria Elena Gonzalez and Darrell Petit, in addition to Alyson Shotz and Stephen Talasnik.
With more than 100 sculptures placed around the art center, visitors will find that they can return again and again to savor the details of each piece and its setting amid rolling fields of grass and a background of Schunnemunk Mountain.
Learn About the History of the Art Center
On Sunday, June 6, a new exhibit opens that chronicles how Ralph E. Ogden and his son-in-law, Peter Stern, transformed the former farmland near their Star Expansion factory into a sculpure park. The View from Here: Storm King at Fifty is a testament to the vision of the two men that can now be enjoyed by all.
Vistors to the art center can bring a picnic or buy prepared meals at a café run by the Fresh Company that is located in the north parking lot. If you think you could become a frequent visitor, memberships are available that provide free admission throughout the season, which ends on November 14, 2010. Visit www.stormking.org for details.
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Become a member! Become a member! Bring your kids, bring your friends, this place is phenomenal, there are spirits here.
posted by Kate Benson on 06/04/10 at 10:13 PM
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