Erie County Parks Art Challenge
We encourage you to get outside and explore Erie County’s parks in August. Can you find art inspirations as you explore? Share your photos with #ErieCountyParkArt.
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877). La Source de la Loue (The Source of the Loue), ca. 1864. Oil on canvas, 42 1/4 x 54 1/8 inches (107.3 x 137.5 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, 1959 (1959:1).
Can you find a unique assortment of rocks?
Richard Long (British, born 1945). Santa Cruz Circle, 1997. Slate, (diameter): 132 inches (335.3 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; James S. Ely and Elisabeth H. Gates Funds, by exchange, 1997 (1997:9). © 1997 Richard Long / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London
Can you find ripples in a lake?
Karl Gerstner (Swiss, 1930-2017). Lens Picture No. 15, 1964. Plexiglas lens mounted on painted Formica, 28 3/8 x 28 13/16 x 7 1/4 inches (72.1 x 73.2 x 18.4 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1965 (K1965:4). © Estate of Karl Gerstner
Can you find an interesting tree? Bonus if you can see a house in the distance.
Kelly Barrie (British, born 1973). Mirror House, 2010. Archival light jet print, edition 1/2, 89 x 120 inches (226.1 x 304.8 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr. and the Stevenson Family fund, by exchange, 2010 (P2010:6). © 2010 Kelly Barrie
Can you find lines or shapes in concrete paths?
Ingrid Calame (American, born 1965). #313 Drawing (Tracings from Buffalo, NY), 2008. Colored pencil on trace Mylar, 112 x 72 inches (284.5 x 182.9 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, by exchange, 2010 (2010:6). © 2008 Ingrid Calame. Image courtesy of the artist.
Can you find a collection of trees that look similar?
Rodney Taylor (American, 1966–2019). Untitled (Birch Trees), 2010. Mixed media on paper, 144 x 114 inches (365.8 x 289.6 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Bequest of Arthur B. Michael, by exchange, 2010 (2010:50). © 2010 Rodney Taylor
How many different birds can you spot—or hear?
Melissa Miller (American, born 1951). Aesop’s Crow, 1985. Oil on linen, 66 x 48 inches (167.6 x 121.9 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Armand J. Castellani, 1987 (1987:11). © 1985 Melissa Miller
Can you find someone walking a dog? Bonus if it’s a dachshund!
Giacomo Balla (Italian, 1871–1958). Dinamismo di un cane al guinzaglio (Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash), 1912. Oil on canvas, 35 3/8 x 43 1/4 inches (89.9 x 109.9 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear and Gift of George F. Goodyear, 1964 (1964:16). © Estate of Giacomo Balla / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome
Can you find three people having a picnic?
Marisol (Venezuelan and American, born France, 1930–2016). Tea for Three, 1960. Wood, acrylic, and found objects, 64 x 22 x 27 inches (162.56 x 55.88 x 68.58 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Bequest of Marisol, 2016 (2018:16a-d). © Estate of Marisol / Albright-Knox Art Gallery / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Can you find a chalk drawing, or someone making one?
Pascale Marthine Tayou (Belgian, born Cameroon, 1967). Chalk Fresco A, 2015. 32 panels of chalk on wood with mixed media and frame, 122 3/4 x 326 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches (311.8 x 830 x 5.7 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Pending Acquisition Funds, 2018 (2018:23a-pp) © 2015 Pascale Marthine Tayou, Courtesy: VNH Gallery and GALLERIE CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana
