Storm King

While wandering around the Hudson valley on Columbus Day, we came across the Storm King Art Center. Storm King is a 500 acre museum celebrating the relationship between art and nature, which has always been one of my interests. There are over 100 post WWII sculptures by internationally renowned artists scattered artistically over the beautiful landscape. The landscape includes over 80 acres of native grasses which eliminate the need for mowing these areas.




The big treat was finding one of my favorite artists, Andy Goldsworthy, works. He built a permanent rock wall called Storm King Wall that weaves itself through the trees and into a pond and out the otherside. Goldsworthy is a British master at natural materials and most of his works are built and photographed and then nature dismantles them. The wall is permanent and was built by a crew of “wallers” brought from England to build this piece. It is featured in his “coffee table books” and has been one of my favorites, so you can imagined how excited I was to “stumble” across it at Storm King. Another noteworthy piece is by Maya Lim, artist of the Viet Nam Wall. She did the Wavefield at Storm King, a field of grass knolls that resemble waves across the land.



Suzy and I agreed that the fall is the perfect time of the year to walk and view the art of Storm King. So if you are ever in Mountainville, NY you owe yourself a tour of this wonderful place.



For a picture of Goldsworthy’s wall go to www.ssawbridge.blogspot.com and see the inset picture.