Thomas Houseago's hulking and menacing bronze and aluminum
figures currently command the usually serene and bucolic setting
of Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, N.Y. Organized by
museum director and curator David R. Collens, "Thomas Houseago:
As I Went Out One Morning" (through Nov. 11) features 14 recent
large-scale sculptures by the Los Angeles-based artist, plus a
survey of 13 smaller sculptures, installations and two-
dimensional works inside the museum building. Though Houseago
has recently garnered significant international attention, "As I
Went Out One Morning" constitutes his first major U.S. show.
Born in Leeds in 1972, the artist became a U.S. citizen last
year. He titled the exhibition after a 1967 Bob Dylan song whose
lyrics refer to Thomas Paine, the revolutionary English writer
who assisted the early Americans in their struggle to overthrow
British rule. In an interview in a brochure accompanying the
exhibition, Houseago says that he was thinking of Dylan because
in the '60s the musician l