Lisa Sanditz: Missing Mountain at Alexandre, New York
Lisa Sanditz's exhibition titled "Missing Mountain" is currently on display at Alexandre in New York until November 7, 2026. The showcase includes three artworks that draw inspiration from the summer of 2023, when smoke from Canadian wildfires cast a gray hue over the Hudson Valley and turned the sun orange. Sanditz explores the effects of climate change on the Catskills. The pieces include "Missing Mountain (Hot Pink)," featuring mountains in a soft pink shade; "Missing Mountain (Eclipse)," illustrating a solar eclipse in vivid colors; and "Missing Mountain (Stewart's Sherbet Sun)," which portrays a boy enjoying an orange sherbet cone. The exhibition resonates with the themes of nature, loss, and hope found in the works of Hudson River School artists Frederic Church and Thomas Cole. It is located at 25 East 73rd Street, New York, NY.
Key facts
- Lisa Sanditz's solo exhibition "Missing Mountain" is on view at Alexandre in New York through November 7, 2026.
- The show's three anchor paintings were inspired by the summer of 2023, when Canadian wildfire smoke drifted into the Hudson River Valley, dimming the sun and hazing views.
- Sanditz paints landscapes exploring collisions between industry and the natural world, including manufacturing hubs, industrial farms, and junk-food factories.
- Missing Mountain (Hot Pink) features a fuchsia band tinting the mountains pale pink, with dappled orange and red descending from above.
- Missing Mountain (Eclipse) depicts a total solar eclipse, the sun as a blue ball with a red tail, and human settlement in hot blues, reds, and pinks.
- Missing Mountain (Stewart's Sherbet Sun) shows a giant adolescent boy lounging atop a lilliputian landscape with an orange sherbet cone in a Stewart's Shops wrapper.
- Debris Flow depicts a pink sedan driving toward a mountain pass, with red strokes and paint drips suggesting unstable ground.
- The exhibition venue is Alexandre, 25 East 73rd Street, Second and Third Floors, Buzzer 3, New York, NY.
Entities
Artists
- Lisa Sanditz
- Lawre Stone
- Charles Burchfield
- Arthur Dove
- Georgia O'Keeffe
- Frederic Church
- Thomas Cole
- Susie M. Barstow
- Kristin Flynn
Institutions
- Alexandre
- Stewart's Shops
- Hudson River School
- Berkshire Taconic Foundation
- Muroff Kotler Gallery
- SUNY Ulster
- Two Coats of Paint
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Catskill Mountains
- Hudson River Valley
- Hudson River
- Canada
- Hudson
- Stone Ridge