HVCCA: Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art

Upcoming Special Events

Closing Event for Size Matters: XXL

Friday July 25th, 2008
Closing event for Size Matters: XXL and gallery talk: "A Look at the Globalization of Art: Esthetics and Economics" featuring HVCCA founders Marc and Livia Straus.
Free with museum admission.

Ongoing Exhibitions

CHRIS JONES - Spring Artist in Residence

May 18, 2008 - August 17, 2008
Jones is a London based artist who creates sculptures that hover between the fantastical and the mundane, composed of images from magazines, calendars, encyclopedias and posters. During his residency at the HVCCA, Jones has lived in Peekskill creating a new group of works, piecing together local stories, history and terrain.

Size Matters: XXL - Recent Large-Scale Paintings

September 16, 2007 - July 27, 2008
**CLOSING SOON**
Featuring monumental paintings by a diverse group of international artists.

Ongoing Long-Term Installations

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.

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.