Posts Tagged ‘sculpture’

autumn at storm king

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Spent an absolutely gorgeous Columbus Day afternoon in complete awe at Storm King Art Center in New Windsor, NY. If you haven’t been, go. My meager photography skills cannot fully capture glory on such an epic scale (rollover for credits)…

storm king | calder’s the arch from a distance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | adonai by alexander liberman, ’70-’71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | spheres by grace knowlton, ’73-’85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | three-fold manifestation II by alice aycock, ’87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | three-fold manifestation II by alice aycock, ’87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | kadishman corten sculpture with feather

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | suspended by menashe kadishman, ’77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | corten steel closeup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | adam by alexander liberman, ’70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | five modular units by sol lewitt, ’71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Sol Lewitt? Yes, please!

storm king  | momo taro by isamu noguchi, ’78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king  | momo taro by isamu noguchi, ’78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king  | momo taro by isamu noguchi, ’78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king stream: a folded drawing by stephen talasnik, ’09-’10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king stream: a folded drawing by stephen talasnik, ’09-’10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king  | for paul by ursula von rydingsvard, ’90 to ’92

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king  | for paul by ursula von rydingsvard, ’90 to ’92

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king  | detail from waiting for ufo by nam june paik, ’92

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | seeing calder from von rydingsvard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | black flag by alexander calder, ’74

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | black flag by alexander calder, ’74

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | five swords by alexander calder, ’76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | five swords by alexander calder, ’76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | luba by ursula von rydingsvard, ’09-’10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | south field with mark di suvero sculptures and bix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | above south field

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | foci by chakaia booker, ’10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | foci by chakaia booker, ’10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | untitled by david von schlegell, ’72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | untitled by robert grosvenor, ’70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | the arch by alexander calder, ’75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | the arch by alexander calder, ’75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

storm king | the arch by alexander calder, ’75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Didn’t make it through the entire property. Next time, bikes! Missed Maya Lin, Richard Serra, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Goldsworthy, Henry Moore, and on and on and on. Speaking of which, did you catch the Henry Moore exhibit at Denver Botanic last October?

the coolest house on the planet

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

Bursting with pride today! Not for myself but a friend. A smart, ridiculously talented young architect by the name of Benjamin Garcia Saxe, whose personal project just made him the winner in the house category of the 2010 World Architecture Festival. That’s world, people. Winner of the whole freaking world!

Take a look at the magical creation he crafted for his mother in Costa Rica in his spare time. All photos by Andres Garcia Lachner Fotografia via worldbuildingsdirectory.com…

Andres Garcia Lachner Fotografia via worldbuildingsdirectory.com

Andres Garcia Lachner Fotografia via worldbuildingsdirectory.com

Andres Garcia Lachner Fotografia via worldbuildingsdirectory.com

Andres Garcia Lachner Fotografia via worldbuildingsdirectory.com

Andres Garcia Lachner Fotografia via worldbuildingsdirectory.com

All that and much more to enjoy here — read what inspired him, it really gives the project a lovely human spirit. According to yesterday’s announcement

The jury immediately sensed that this project, designed  by Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architect, was a potential winner, and were left in no doubt after the architect’s presentation.

Yay! Ben got his Master of Architecture at RISD in 2007. We know him because we entrusted his beautiful and equally talented wife Erika with our most valuable possession: Bix. She took great care of him from the age of 8 months to 3 years at our home and theirs. After Ben graduated, they moved to London where Erika pursued dance and Ben went to work doing great things for Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, I’m sure.

The last time we saw them, Ben gave us this amazing plywood sculpture for Bix…

bix’s sculpture via benjamingarciasaxe.com

bix’s sculpture via benjamingarciasaxe.com

We love that piece and will treasure it forever! I’ll be sure to post a photo of it in Bix’s room, where it lives.

Congratulations again, Benji. I hope you and Erika are sipping champagne tonite!

one perfect thing

Friday, February 5th, 2010

mcvitty sculpture

Have I mentioned this house is complete chaos? Yeah, I think I covered that. On the other hand, I can still spot a few things I really love in the maelstrom. This would be one of them…

What is it? Steel sculpture made from found scrap metal.

Where did it come from? David’s grandfather, John D. McVitty (fondly known as Mackie), came across it by the town dock in Stonington, CT, and had it welded to a matching base. voila! art!

Circa? Nobody knows for sure.

Interesting tidbit: Mackie was a contemporary of a few names you might know… like artist Alexander Calder, Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius and modernist master Marcel Breuer. He knew these people. The mind reels. He studied architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and then moved over to MIT to pursue naval architecture.

Found a photo from 1947 in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art of Mackie’s first wife Joan hanging out with Calder and Breuer’s wife. You can’t make this stuff up.

mcvitty in granada

Mackie on his boat in Granada