Hudson Valley Ghost Column 4, Wilderstein
at Wilderstein Historic Site, Rhinebeck, NY
Historic Hudson Valley-made Jova Manufacturing Company and Hutton bricks and unprocessed Cormo sheep wool from a Hudson Valley fiber farm
76” high, 36” diameter
2019
Column 4 is comprised of bricks made at Hutton yards, directly across the river from the Wilderstein site. The work in this site both channels and complicates the history of Hudson Valley landscape painting through the form of a constructed ruin, while also becoming something other.