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11/5/2012

Light and Landscape

Storm King Art Center‎, Mountainville

Light and Landscape features work by fourteen artists who use natural light as an essential artistic material, much as they would use marble, paint, or wood. They take inspiration from the sun, moon, and stars; from lightning and fire. Their works highlight not only the visual experience of natural light, but also its vast impact on our daily lives and ecosystem. Fugitive by nature, the light harnessed here — by, among others, Anish Kapoor, Tobias Putrih, and Alyson Shotz - changes throughout the day and during the course of the exhibition season. Other artists take a conceptual approach to natural light, translating its energy into other forms; the light is their point of departure. Spencer Finch’s Lunar uses solar energy to power a lunar module; the confetti released from Katie Paterson’s miniature cannon is matched to the colors of gamma-ray bursts. Projects by Peter Coffin and Diana Thater assess the effect of sunlight on animal life. Coffin’s Untitled (Bees Making Honey) comprises tours of an apiary at the outskirts of Storm King’s property; Thater’s Composite Sun is inspired by her work on behalf of dolphins.

Light illuminates our days, and so time, too, becomes a pervasive and important theme. Works by Matthew Buckingham and Katie Holten remind us that the sun is our original and ultimate marker of passing time, and ask us to consider the distance between its cultural and geological meanings. William Lamson and Anthony McCall offer the summer and winter solstices as occasions for artistic investigations, while works by Roni Horn and Donald Judd reward the careful and patient viewer with their subtle luminous effects.

Storm King Art Center provides an inimitable setting for an exhibition about light, and its 500-acre landscape has proven inspiring to many. Ten works on display are site-specific, or made expressly for this exhibition. The exhibition is interspersed among Storm King’s permanent collection, both inside and out.

When it was founded, Storm King focused on the luminous, sublime vistas created by the painters of the nineteenth-century Hudson River School. Light and Landscape honors this chapter in Storm King’s history by presenting contemporary artists who continue the work of their predecessors, considering natural light in ever-new ways.

— Nora Lawrence, Associate Curator

SATURDAYS MAY 19 – JULY 28, 12 PM and 1 PM
Beekeeper tours of Peter Coffin’sUntitled (Bees Making Honey) (2012)

Every Saturday during the exhibition Light and Landscape, Storm King’s beekeeper leads small tours of the beehives that are installed as part of artist Peter Coffin’s project Untitled (Bees Making Honey) (2012). Participants will learn about the ways that honey bees make use of the sun's light, and will take away a sample of local honey. Space is limited on each tour.
SATURDAY JUNE 23, 2 PM
Tour with Artist William Lamson

William Lamson discusses his artistic practice and leads visitors on a tour of his work at Storm King.
SATURDAY JULY 14 , 3 PM
Tour with Artist Peter Coffin

Peter Coffin discusses his artistic practice and leads visitors on a tour of his work at Storm King.

Image: Peter Coffin, Untitled (Bees Making Honey), 2012. Beehives and honey bees. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist. Photograph by Kate Barker-Froyland

Press contacts
Libby Mark at Jeanne Collins & Associates, LLC, New York City: 646 486 7050 or info@jcollinsassociates.com

Storm King Art Center‎
Old Pleasant Hill Road Mountainville, NY 12553
Hours:
Beginning April 4, 2012, Wednesday through Sunday, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm (grounds remain open until 8:00 pm on Saturdays, May 26–September 1, and on Sunday May 27 and Sunday September 2; until 5:00 pm in November). Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, except for the Monday holidays marking Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Columbus Day. Open only on weekends after November 11 (November 17–18 and 24–25). The 2012 Storm King season closes on November 25.
Fees:
Adults $12
Senior Citizens (65 and older) $10
College Students (with valid id) $8
Students (K-12) $8
Children under 5 Free

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