YOU CAN'T HURT ME CAUSE STORMS CAN'T HURT THE SKY, bluestone, 2019
East Hampton, NY (April 2021) – LongHouse Reserve, the 16-acre nature reserve and outdoor sculpture garden in East Hampton, will reopen to the public on April 17, 2021 with its celebratory seasonal opening, Rites of Spring. Thousands of colorful daffodils will welcome visitors of all ages and, on display, will be new artworks by Daniel Arsham, John Giorno, Beverly Pepper and Prune Nourry. This will be LongHouse Reserve’s first season without its inimitable Founder, Jack Lenor Larsen, after his passing this winter. To increase access of Jack’s gift to the community, LongHouse Reserve will now be open to the public on Sundays.
The new works include legendary poet, sculptor, and Buddhist John Giorno’s Do The Undone, 2019 (bluestone, 43 ¾” x 36” x 31”) and You Can’t Hurt Me Cause Storms Can’t Hurt the Sky, 2019 (bluestone, 36 ¼” x 56 ½” x 18”); in-demand contemporary artist Daniel Arsham’s Venus de Milo (bronze with crystals, 157 7/16” x 45 3/8” x 48 5/16”); the late American sculptor Beverly Pepper’s Astatic Black Web, 1977 (power coated steel, 85” x 122” x 79”), Shaddai, 1977 (power coated steel, 68” x 147” x 58”), Rain Shadow, 1977 (power coated steel, 78” x 85” x 114”); and French multidisciplinary artist Prune Nourry’s Squatting Holy Daughter, 2010 (bronze with glass eyes, 33” x 14” x 22”) and Walking Holy Daughter, 2012 (bronze with glass eyes, 60” x 21” x 37”).