Sergei Isupov in “Sculpture at The Mount”, The Mount, 2025

Sculpture at The Mount

May 24 – October 19, 2025

2 Plunkett Street
Lenox, Massachusetts 01240

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Sculpture at The Mount features works of contemporary outdoor sculpture in a range of media against the backdrop of the vibrant woods, gardens, and grounds of The Mount, the historic home of American novelist Edith Wharton.  The 2025 show, comprised of 25 large-scale, juried works, will be free and open to the public from dawn to dusk. A digital guide will be available in both English and Spanish, featuring artist statements recorded in their own words.

ABOUT THE SERIES

Often when I walk through the forest or the park in nature, I see among the twigs and branches or growths on the trees, different creatures.

They either sit quietly or spy on me. These are all just visions, but I get carried away and imagine more than is actually there. Sometimes I sketch them and then in the studio transfer them to a sculptural form. For a couple of years now I have been playing this game with myself, I create animal sculptures and hide them somewhere in my garden. If you know where to look you can see them but they are hidden and only really visible in the winter. Otherwise they hide so well that they are almost invisible and then appear in winter after the leaves are gone.

At the Mount, I will do what I do for myself in a public setting for people who walk in the park and do not expect to see my creatures. If they see it is good, and if they do not see it, it is even better. This means that my sculptures have merged with nature.