Entering
the Museum, visitors leave the busy thoroughfare of Northern Boulevard,
go under a narrow railroad overpass, then pass a small brick gate
house. From that moment, each view contains visual surprises:
l45 acres of rolling lawn, a formal garden, specimen trees and
branches, and then Roy Lichtenstein's 3l foot tall Modern Head,
an enormous steel sculpture that looks toward the main building.
Strolling through the grounds visitors encounter other environmental
sculptures, each placed to visually interact with its accompanying
natural scene.
Our "Museum Without Walls" contains major works
by:
Allen Bertoldi,
Fernando Botero,
Alexander Calder,
Chaim Gross,
Masayuki Nagare,
Reuben Nakian,
Marino Marini,
Richard Serra,
Mark di Suvero,
Tony Smith among others.
With over 35 sculptures in total, the "Museum Without Walls"
is one of the largest publicly-accessible outdoor sculpture
gardens on the east coast. The Museum's 145 acre landscape provides
the perfect setting for the works, many of which are owned by
the Nassau County Museum. Others are on extended loans from
such prestigious institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of
Art and The Museum of Modern Art.
We are thrilled to be exhibiting several monumental bronze sculptures
by the renowned Spanish painter and sculptor, Manolo Valdes.
These works are on view in our Sculpture Park through the courtesy
of Marlborough Gallery.
Four of Valdes' sculptures depict female heads, their calm facial
composure and structured equilibrium offset by dynamic ornamental
headpieces, some of which are 13 feet high. Accompanying these
are two groups of elegant figures based on Diego Velazequez'
Infanta Margarita and Reina Mariana from the painting Las Meninas.
Manolo Valdes was Spain's official representative at the 1999
Venice Biennale. His work has been seen at Guggenheim Bilbao,
Maddrid's Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia and Fondation
Maeght in Saint-Paul.
"Shaul" and "Rahel and Binyamin"
A "behind the scenes" look at the installation of "Shaul"
and "Rahel and Binyamin" at the museum is available
at the artist's web site. ...more
