Sculpture by Israeli artist Menashe Kadishman (1932-2015) set in natural surroundings of one of the world's preeminent sculpture parks, Storm King Art Center (New Windsor, NY)
Naturally, as a docent at
Laumeier Sculpture Park in the Saint Louis Region I have heard and read about
Storm King for years. This year, thanks to my son (Ben) and his wife (Allison)
and their 5 ½ year old (James) I finally got to visit this remarkable place. I
was treated to a Father’s Day (June 19, 2022) I will always remember. We
walked. We picnicked. We took the tram ride. We visited the museum shop. All this on
a perfect day with sun and mild breezy air and stunning views in every
direction.
Storm
King Art Center is a 500-acre outdoor museum located in New York’s Hudson
Valley (New Windsor, NY), where visitors experience large-scale sculpture and
site-specific commissions under open sky. Since 1960, Storm King has been
dedicated to stewarding the hills, meadows, and forests of its site and
surrounding landscape. Building on the visionary thinking of its founders,
Storm King supports artists and some of their most ambitious works. Changing
exhibitions, programming, and seasons offer discoveries with every visit.
Having given more than 100
tours at Laumeier Sculpture Park over the past decade, I was thrilled to encounter
monumental works by Mark Di Suvero, Alexander Liberman, Charles Ginnever, Sol
Lewitt and Richard Hunt. As a self-described art junky I was excited to see
works of artists I admire like Alexander Calder, Andy Goldsworthy, Ursula Von
Rydingsvard, Louise Nevelson and Richard Serra.
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