Storm King Sculpture Park

The same weekend that Sam and I visited Cold Spring, we explored almost 500 acres of majestic sculptures - the park known as Storm King. It was my first time there and I looked forward to strolling through fields of grandiose art - imagining a child-like experience; like Alice (in Wonderland) leaning on a giant mushroom. Except in this vision, the mushroom was made of enormous pieces of steel. The sculptures did not disappoint. However, the flies that followed us throughout our walk did - prompting me to create a makeshift swatter out of fallen tree branches. Unfortunately for Sam, he was the recipient of most of the swats; not the flies...hehehe

Here are a few of my favorite photos -

This enormous sculpture made of steel is titled "Mother Peace" - by Mark di Suvero.

That's me stretching to reach the bottom ledge of the beam...

This was an interactive piece titled "Beethoven's Quartet" - it made an amazing church bell type sound when hit with a club hammer - sculpture by Mark di Suvero.

This is a photo of Storm King Wavehill by famous artist/architect Maya Lin.

I don't remember the name of this piece but looking at this photo made me feel like I was on the set of Transformers....

This seat was made of dollar coins. Sam's theory is that the sculptor used a styrofoam mold and soldered the coins together...not sure why I'm laughing but clearly something funny was said. There's my fly swatter to the right - on the ground.

Our analysis of most sculptures led to interesting conversation while others left us puzzled and at a loss for words... for instance, the one below that bore a stricking resemblance to NYC glass enclosure bus stops...

We had a good time.

Thanks for reading ya'll!! - Alby