The Sculptures at River Hook
The Friends of River Hook sponsor a variety of sculptures at River Hook for your enjoyment. We continue to update our collection. In addition to those on the sculpture path, make sure to see the sculpture in the east meadow.
Deborah Hornbake: Running Man
The gentle curves and twists of laurel wood reflect the forms found on our bodies and in our bones. Openings amongst the branches allow the surrounding landscape to become integral to the sculpture. The natural materials from which the sculpture is formed are part of its very essence, an essence we all share with our luminous world.
https://www.deborahhornbake.com/
Conrad Levenson: Commotion & Tangentrics
These sculptures reflect the artist’s passion for reclamation and recycling remnants from traditional agriculture, industry, transportation and daily agrarian life. The inherent character embedded in these artifacts’ histories, stories and past lives evoke their practical use while at the same time take on newly stated personas. http://www.conradlevenson.com
Sarah Haviland: Aerie
Responding to life along the Hudson River, Aerie combines architectural and natural forms in contradictory balance. The sculpture’s base echoes an historic monument, while the nesting eagle refers to the revival of land, water and the famous bird once again thriving in our region through environmental care. https://www.sarahhaviland.net
Mark Attebery: Yellow Grove
While standing within this installation of five sculptures, Yellow Grove surrounds visitors in a botanical fantasy. Intertwined tendrils give a sense of upward growth toward the sun. Thousands of dots become apparent only upon closer viewing, with a nod to Lewis Carroll’s whimsical gardens from Alice in Wonderland. http://markattebery.com
Alberto Bursztyn: River Hook Stag
This majestic sculpture is made from tree limbs and repurposed wood from River Hook’s land and surrounding woods. It honors its natural inhabitants and the forest and woods that protect, shelter and nurture the abundance of life in Upper Nyack. https://www.albertobursztyn.com
Janet Rutkowski: Infinite Possibilities
Infinite Possibilities is part of a series titled "The Rift" taking inspiration from The Golden Compass Trilogy by Philip Pullman. Infinite Possibilities suggests a portal into an alternate universe and in turn, inner development, overgrown and partially hidden with complex emotions. https://www.janetrutkowski.com
James Tyler: Brickhead Huaca
The Brickhead series of sculptures personifies places and concepts, both geographic and cultural, representing the universality of humankind. Huaca (a sacred space) refers to the myriad physical constructions made by humans throughout recorded history and also the ethereal spiritual constructs following us tenaciously through time. https://tylersculpture.com
Naomi Teppich: Zebra Cactus
Zebra Cactus is an enlarged version of the tiny haworthia fasciata succulent, a plant adapted to hot dry climates. Its spiky leaves minimize exposure to the hot sun and store water for long periods. Placing large cacti sculptures in Northeastern parks and gardens emphasize how global warming is altering the types of plants in growth zones and our expanding deserts worldwide. https://www.naomiteppichsculpt.com/
Lucy Hodgson: Surge & Rip
Surge and Rip was originally commissioned for an exhibition at the Schokland Museum in Ens, Netherlands - a World Heritage Site. Most of Hodgson’s work is built of recyclable, natural materials; the shingles being an anomaly in treeless Netherlands. These large, somewhat ominous sculptures represent the intense ebb and flow of strong tides and river currents. lucyhodgson.com
Alberto Bursztyn: River Hook Sheep
This tableau of sheep sculptures honor the past history of this nature preserve, known by local residents as the “Sheep Farm” for the flock that grazed here for nearly 100 years. The sheep sculptures were fabricated from local locust wood. albertobursztyn.com