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Storm King Art Center opens Thomas Houseago: As I Went Out One Morning

Storm King Art Center presents Thomas Houseago: As I Went Out One Morning an exhibition on view May 4 – November 11, 2013.

Thomas Houseago, Striding Figure II (Ghost), 2012. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. © Thomas Houseago.
Thomas Houseago, Striding Figure II (Ghost), 2012. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. © Thomas Houseago.

Thomas Houseago: As I Went Out One Morning is the first large-scale presentation of the work of artist Thomas Houseago (b. 1972, Leeds, England) in the United States. Houseago began to create outdoor sculpture in 2007, and this exhibition includes the earliest example of his large-scale work in bronze, Untitled Striding Figure, 1, and outdoor and indoor works completed as recently as 2013, which are on view in this exhibition for the first time. His works are raw, energetic and surprising, revealing unlikely shifts in depth and representational strategies when seen from different viewing angles. Houseago’s work also calls upon a wide range of influences—from Hellenistic statuary and early Modernist sculpture, to popular music and culture. While his works are not strictly realistic, Houseago takes cues from the world around him. As he has said, “In my approach to making sculpture, I try to be honest to the experience of looking and recording. You could argue that sculpture is a dramatization of the space between your eye and the world, between what you see and feel, and memory.”

This exhibition is organized by David R. Collens, Director and Curator, and Nora Lawrence, Associate Curator, Storm King Art Center. ww.stormking.org