Art Omi #1

Happy new week everyone. 

This week I would like to share some photos from the second sculpture garden I visited in New York almost 2 weeks ago. This one is called Art Omi and is located in Omi, New York. Omi is a small farming community, not far off of route 90 near the New York and Massachusetts border. It had a totally different feel than Storm King, and although not small, much smaller than Storm King was.

What I liked about Art Omi is each piece had a plaque with a small description of what it was all about. That made it more accessible to me.  It was also not as hilly, but it did lack some of the gorgeous views of Storm King. We arrived early with sunshine as storms were due in the early afternoon, and by the time we left 2 1/2 hours later the dark clouds had long since rolled in, but at least no rain. We did hit that on our drive home.

This first exhibit I am sharing didn't look very exciting to me from afar. The point was to make a totally biodegradable piece, and then let it decompose. You can see in the second part of this exhibit that a tree was growing into it.

The up close details were great though.

This next exhibit was this box, which has a pretty interesting shape on its own, as well as some nice woodworking too.

This box was designed to capture  views of the summer solstice as well as autumn equinox at a  particular time of day.  We were there on an ordinary solar day, but I found this photo online from the Art Omi website  of what you would see.

It did have a nice view out of the front openings even if it wasn't June or September.

Too bad it had clouded in.

This next exhibit was along a wooded trail and seemed a little out of place. It is called the marriage tree, and I included the write up about it below.

It was one of those statues that revealed  more the longer you looked at it.

And once I knew what it was about I liked it more also.

And  how about  these partial circles; I found them ascetically pleasing.  The artist named them Arcs in Disorder.

Back along the wooded trail, we discovered this.

The effect in the woods was cool, but even better when we walked in front of it. 

We look like mermaids. 

And for those of you who like some steampunk, here's an exhibit I liked but my friend did not.

The toilet threw me off.

And finally, one more art piece for this post.

Clouds on a cloudy day. This piece was whimsical and fun.

Have a great s tart to your week.