Storm King Wavefield-Art in Nature

Making art out of nature is nothing new, but it never ceases to be breath-taking. I read an article featuring an exhibit at Storm King Art Center–one of the world’s greatest sculpture parks. Storm King Art Center is located in the Hudson Valley about an hour north of New York City. It features collections of sculptures from as far back as 1945 to present day set in 500 acres of hills, fields, and woodlands.

The article focuses on a specific work called “Storm King Wavefield” by Maya Lin. Maya Lin’s works present new ways of looking at the environment. This particular exhibition consists of a series of grass-covered mounds meant to represent waves, and the way in which you approach the exhibition affects the way that you will perceive the art.  Recently, a New York Times photographer named Librado Romero took the time to check out Storm King Wavefield and captured some pretty incredible shots. It’s cool to think of art being literally sculpted from nature–something which is and was and always will be.

Here are Romero’s pictures.

I think that it’s really cool to see art in its natural form, something that doesn’t seem to have required much altering.  Maya Lin really “brings the sea to land” with her exhibition, which is something unique and creative.  What makes this exhibition really something special is the fact that it looks completely different in different light and seasons.  The sculpture was made, but the art is always changing.  It will never look exactly the same, which I found really interesting.  And this can be applied to every art form.  Live music will never be performed exactly the way it was in previous concerts.  A picture will look different depending on the person viewing it.  Dancers do not move in the exact same way at each and every performance.  Art is forever changing.

Here is the article.