sculpturehead
Individual works in collections
favorites
Site:
Dia: Beacon
Art:
• Union of Torus and the Sphere
by Richard Serra
Art:
by Richard Serra
Art:
by Michael Heizer
Art:
• Untitled
by Donald Judd
Art:
by Fred Sandback
Site:
Kentuck Knob Sculpture Meadow
Art:
• Room
by Andy Goldsworthy
Art:
• Red Army
by Ray Smith
Site:
Fairmount Park, Lansdowne Glen
Art:
by Martin Puryear
Site:
Fairmount Park, Wissahickon Park
Art:
by Jody Pinto
Site:
Fairmount Park Percent for Art
Art:
by Nam June Paik
Site:
Fairmount Park, Pennypack Park
Art:
• Embodying Thoreau: Dwelling, Sitting, Watching
by Ed Levine
noteworthy
Synergy
by Albert Paley, is a pair of ceremonial gates, both Baroque and Modern, classical and free-form columns festooned with ribbons and folds. Full of motionless movement, reminiscent of “Metropolis”; but put into a meaningless environment of parking lots and high-rises.
Within the categories below are lists of specific sites with their specific artworks, each work linked to a page where it is discussed for its meaningful balance between the art and its environment. These selections are the ones that fulfill the desired relationship and purpose of this website: to find the perfect reciprocity of artwork to placement – creating another complete work from the whole. Other artworks of merit may be sited at the same locales; however, to qualify for mention on this website they would have to possess that overriding essence of interrelatedness. This art-to-site juncture generates an interactive connectedness and another level of artistic expression, akin in intent to site-specific works (although even they aren’t always effective in their attempt to achieve this union). The Sculpturehead concept of duality and interrelatedness goes beyond just a venue, such as a museum without walls, and even goes beyond the work being displayed. The intent here is to find examples, discuss and try to understand what it is about this dynamic between art and site that works, how varied the combinations and results can be, and how rich and unique these pairings are – the best producing an aha! moment, a primal understanding, and transporting of the viewer in a way that only rarefied spiritual glimpses can.
Individual works at sculpture parks
favorites
Site:
Storm King Art Center
Art:
by Andy Goldsworthy
Art:
by Richard Serra
Art:
• Untitled
by Robert Grosvenor
Art:
• Untitled
by David von Schlegell
Site:
Nathan Manilow
Sculpture Park
Art:
by Jene Highstein
Art:
by Martin Puryear
Art:
by Bruce Nauman
Art:
• Frame
by Richard Rezac
Site:
The Fields Sculpture Park at Omi International Arts Center
Art:
by John Rupert
Art:
by Dan Devine
Art:
• Apollo
by Charles Ginnever
Art:
by Foon Sham
noteworthy
Victoria, Susanna, Leucantha
by Philip Grausman, The Fields – the surreality of giant figurative busts, similar in effect but not quite as convincing as the Vessels (see above)
Push Pins
by Gary Quinonez , The Fields – another bizarre mind-twist: push pins stuck in the ground, playful and
thought-provoking
Cascade
by Carl Andre, The Fields – a very white staircase with classical references, built of blocks, probably best seen in a rainstorm
The Works
Seeking the Relationship: Art to Site
Individual works at gardens/arboreta
favorites
Site:
Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens
Art:
• Caryatid
by Judith Brown
Art:
by Louise Nevelson
Art:
by Claes Oldenburg &
Coosje van Bruggen
Site:
LongHouse Reserve
Art:
by Dale Chihuly
Site:
Tyler Arboretum
Art:
by Re:Vision Architects
Site:
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
Art:
by Antony Gormley
Art:
• Plantoir
by Claes Oldenburg & Coosje Van Bruggen
noteworthy
Some of the other entries at Tyler Arboretum’s “Totally Terrific Treehouses,” but particularly, Imagination Station for its ability to transform space and time and create a world unto itself.
Emma Sall
by Anthony Caro, Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park – for its thoughtful placement in a designed area that complements the work.
Introspective
by Sophie Ryder, Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park – for its odd figures’ connection with the nearly wild landscape.
Individual works at specific art sites
favorites
Site:
Buffalo Rock Park
Art:
by Michael Heizer
Site:
Dan Flavin Art Institute
Art:
by Dan Flavin
Sites:
Dia SoHo Galleries
Art:
by Walter De Maria
Art:
by Walter De Maria
Site:
The Glass House
Art:
• Untitled
by Donald Judd
Art:
by Philip Johnson
Site:
Opus 40
Art:
• Opus 40
by Harvey Fite
Site:
New York City Pocket Park
Art:
by Zion and Breen
noteworthy
The noble effort of Time Landscape, by Alan Sonfist, to recreate an historic landscape remnant in NYC – itself having become an historic remnant
Sidewinder
by Richard Serra, at the Riggio estate, Bridgehampton, NY – an unexpected and totally enjoyable (from a distance) interplay of lawn, metal and sunlight
15 Minutes of Frame
by Ze’ev Willy Neumann, Sculpture Biennial, Kingston Point, Kingston, NY – perfect moment (catching the sailboat in the picture) for nicely situated frame-to-landscape interaction
Leviathan
by Kelly McGrath & Patrick Sweeney, Sculpture Biennial, Kingston Point, Kingston, NY – object to setting favorable, beached-looking whale made up of detritus perhaps found on a beach
Left:
Scott Outdoor Amphitheater,
by Thomas W. Sears,
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Right: exterior,
Embodying Thoreau: Dwelling, Sitting, Watching – Bird Blind, by Ed Levine, Pennypack Park, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA
