They Don't Call It Storm King For Nothing

Now that our Pines season has ended, Thom and I are looking for distraction before returning to the cultural wasteland of south Florida.  Neither of us had been to Storm King, less than 90 minutes north of Manhattan, where we spent half a day romping through the spectacular sculpture park under very changeable skies.

"Suspended" by Menashe Kadishman

"Adam" by Alexander Liberman 

"Three-Fold Manifestation II" by Alice Aycock

"Golgotha" by Alfred Hrdlicka

"Eyes" by Louise Bourgeois

"Eyes of the Sky" by Yerassimos Sklavos

"Muro Series X" by Mia Westerlund Roosen

"A Moment in Time" by Chakaia Booker 

Easter Island Head Replica 

"Adonai" by Alexander Liberman

"Endless Column" by Tal Streeter

"Five Modular Units" by Sol LeWitt 

"Pyramidian" by Mark di Suvero seen from distant vantage points on the South Fields.

Part of Richard Serra's "Schunnemunk Fork" is included in this view, too.

"Five Swords" by Alexander Calder

"For Paul" by Ursula von Fydingsvard with Alexander Calder's "Black Flag" in the distance.

Waiting for UFO" by Nam June Paik 

"Luba" by Ursula von Fydingsvard

"Black Flag" by Alexander Calder

"For Paul" by Ursula von Fydingsvard framed by Calder's "Black Flag"

"Three Legged Buddha" by Zhang Huan

Two of "Eight Positive Trees" by Menashe Kadishman

We spent some of our time walking (and posing) in the woods.

Even some of the vegetation looked curated.

"Mermaid" by Roy Lichtenstein

"Storm King Wall" by Andy Goldsworthy

"Wavefield" by Maya Lin 

It's easier to find some signs than others.

"Figolu" by Mark di Suvero

"Untitled (Three Elements)" by Robert Bladen 

"E=MC2" by Mark di Suvero 

"Frog Legs" by Mark di Suvero

"The Arch" by Alexander Calder

By the time we finished our picnic lunch, it had begun to rain.