storm king

Someplace I have always wanted to go is Storm King Art Center, a sculpture park up the Hudson Valley area. And I got that opportunity this weekend! With 500 acres of landscape, the property is sprinkled with various kinds of sculpture and landscape art by renowned artists. I'm not sure where else you can see works by Maya Lin {new addition this year!}, Alexander Calder, Isamu Noguchi and Roy Lichtenstein {as photographed below in order} all in one place.

My overall favorite - taking into consideration the landscape - was Storm King Wall by Andy Goldsworthy {photographed below}. It is a stone wall that started from the edge of the park, down a big hill, into a lake, out the other side of the lake and curved around the trees of a wooded forest. The idea is simple but to me it seemed really thoughtful in location and use of natural materials - and was a piece that could be appreciated from many points-of-view.
Below are a series of photos taken to roughly show the experience of progression one gets as a visitor by seeing a sculpture from afar, then close, then appreciating the fine details/materials of the piece. Left is Mark Di Suvero's Pyramidian and right is Calder's Knobs.
It's really a beautiful experience to walk through the vast park and get to see large-scale art without walls or a ceiling - just the sky, trees, grass and clouds framing each piece. Despite a half-day spent out there, I can see myself wanting to go back and getting a chance to notice new things that I couldn't catch from this 1st time. Below are 2 more details I loved - carved signage for all the artwork + Calder's huge signature {and year of work} soldered on his sculptures.