Storm King Art Center fields sculpture
— — sculpture left out in the weather, on purpose.
Not only on a wall.
“Five hundred acres of fields, ridges, and woodland in the Hudson Highlands, with about a hundred large-scale sculptures sited across them. Storm King opened in 1960 on the former gravel pits of a private estate, and the land has been shaped, in part, by Maya Lin and by the artists themselves. The walk between works is part of the work. The fields keep their own season around them. from the studio
Storm King Art Center fields sculpture, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Storm King Art Center sits on roughly 500 acres of fields, ridges, and woodland in New Windsor, New York, about 60 miles north of Manhattan in the Hudson Highlands. Founded in 1960 by Ralph E. Ogden and H. Peter Stern, the centre was named for nearby Storm King Mountain. The collection holds about 100 large-scale outdoor sculptures, including major works by Mark di Suvero, Alexander Calder, Richard Serra, Louise Nevelson, Maya Lin, Andy Goldsworthy, Isamu Noguchi, and Menashe Kadishman, set across an actively shaped landscape.
The land was once a private estate and, in places, a gravel quarry; the centre has spent decades restoring native meadow, wetland, and woodland across the property. Maya Lin's 2008 earthwork Storm King Wavefield reshaped 11 acres of former gravel pits into rolling seven-foot waves of grass. Andy Goldsworthy's Storm King Wall, 2,278 feet long, runs through the trees and into a pond. The weather is part of the experience: the works are made for sun, snow, and the long Hudson Valley shadows of late afternoon.
Storm King is open seasonally, typically Wednesday through Monday from early April through mid-November, with extended autumn hours. Admission is by timed reservation and runs about 22 dollars for adults at recent prices. The grounds are large; a tram circles the property at intervals, and bicycles are available to rent. Comfortable shoes and water are sensible. Late September through October draws the largest crowds, when the maple and oak turn against the steel of di Suvero's red works.