Rethinking landscape art in the Hudson Valley
Fifty miles north of New York City, Storm King Art Center displays permanent sculptural installations and temporary site-specific commissions — many of them monumental in scale — among hills, meadows, and forests of New Windsor. Originally envisioned in 1960 as a museum devoted to Hudson River School painting, by 1961 its founders Ralph E. Ogden and H. Peter Stern — co-owners of the Star Expansion Company based in Mountainville, New York — had become committed to creating a site dedicated to modern sculpture. The park has expanded greatly over the decades, now spanning 500 acres of parkland and including a building for conservation and fabrication alongside a center for indoor programs. Key artists featured in the park include Alexander Calder, Isamu Noguchi, Richard Serra, Andy Goldsworthy, Maya Lin and Martin Puryear.
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