HVCCA: Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art

Upcoming Exhibition

CIRCA 1986 Redux - Rick Prol: A Retrospective Look

May 19 - June 17, 2012
A broad look at the artist’s work from the 80’s until today.

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 19th @ 5-7pm

Press Release

S.O.S., 2009, Acrylic on canvas
30 x 46 inches.

Current Exhibition

CIRCA 1986

September 18, 2011 - July 22, 2012
65 artworks by 47 international artists who emerged with significant artworks in the extremely prosperous and exciting period between 1981 and 1991.

Opening reception:
Sunday, September 18, 2011, from 4 to 7pm.

Press Release

Joel Otterson, Compact Disc Stereo
Love Seats (Hot Wheels), 1988

Fundraising Events

The New York City Gallery Stroll

Over the course of three evenings, NYC’s most cutting-edge galleries are opening their doors for intimate conversations with gallery owners and directors who will offer insights on their vision, on what they see as important and lasting, and their suggestions on how to gain access to important works. Several of the artists will also be available to discuss their work.

Dinner with wine will follow each session. Space has been reserved at a fine restaurant at a convenient distance from the gallery.

Special Monthly Series

HVCCA Book Club

Join us for a free monthly meeting. Where we will informally discuss a selected work of fiction or non-fiction—focused on the visual arts, of course!

Wednesday, May 23 @ 7:30pm
Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty
Phoebe Hoban

Neel dictated her own terms—whether it was defiantly painting figurative pieces at the height of Abstract Expressionism, convincing her subjects to disrobe or bartering her work for scholarships for her sons at the Rudolph Steiner School. No wonder she became the de fact artist of the Feminist movement Very much in touch with her time, Neel was also always ahead of it.
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Ongoing Long-Term Installations

Serge Onnen - Planetariummonetarium, 2009

In Planetariummonetarium, the work on show by Serge Onnen, a variant is staged: what we are is heavily influenced by the ways in which we are able to gather information from the things we see. His Peekskill Planetariummonetarium is a small sphere filled with 13 kaleidoscopes and hundreds of small coins from around the world. ‘An intimate inner-space on the wide shores of the Hudson river,’ he writes.

Job Koelewijn - Water Works, 2009

Water Works is located at the Annsville Creek Preserve in Peekskill, NY (MAP). The park is open from dawn to dusk. Job Koelewijn’s installation has been made possible through the generous support by the Mondriaan Foundation, the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York and FONDS BKVB.

Daan Padmos - Time Sharing, 2009

In the real estate business, ‘time sharing’ means sharing ownership of a house, allowing purchasers to occupy it during a specified period of time each year. Padmos is fabricating a series of maquettes of the sculpture in three sizes. The money from the sale of the maquettes is being used to finance the fabrication of the large-scale sculpture, but at the same time the buyers become closely involved in the project.

Folkert de Jong - Mount Maslow, 2007

Dutch artist Folkert de Jong is one of the most innovative young sculptors today. Inspired by Abraham Maslow’s “Theory of Human Motivation,” De Jong stages an 18-foot styrofoam snow mountain being scaled by two bearded figures. Hamburger Hill references an American assault on a Vietnam position in which most of the troops died and the hill had no strategic value.

Grimanesa Amorós - SUBSTANCIAL, 2007

This project is a site-specific permanent installation displayed in the large façade window of the Hudson River HealthCare Center (HRHCare), focusing on its relationship with the diverse community of Peekskill, New York.

Thomas Hirschhorn - Laundrette, 2001

Using commonplace materials such as cardboard, linoleum, postage tape and aluminum foil, Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn has recreated a full-scale replica of a laundrette, in which cardboard models of washing-machines are inset with television sets showing global atrocities downloaded from the internet juxtaposed to videos of the artist performing everyday, commonplace tasks. Hirschhorn, who has become the most celebrated international installation artist, challenges us to consider how poverty and neglect has led to human incivility.