THE VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE OF PAUL GOESCH

MARCH 18–JUNE 11, 2023

“a fanciful dreamworld of speculative design, most of it unseen, that portrays his rich spiritual world tethered, however tenuously, to his vision of the built environment”

–The Boston Globe

WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS CLARKART.EDU

This exhibition is organized by the Clark Art Institute andis based on the Paul Goesch collection at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal. Portals: The Visionary Architecture of Paul Goesch is made possible by Katherine and Frank Martucci. Paul Goesch, Architectural composition (Triumphal arch) (detail), 1921, pen and black ink and gouache on wove paper. Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, DR1988:0240

Mohonk Mountain

(NEW PALTZ, SHAWANGUNKS

A.K.A. “THE GUNKS”)

Named one of Earth’s “Last Great Places” by the Nature Conservancy.

Ashokan Reservoir

(SHOKAN, CATSKILLS) Plein

Air Painters gather here to capture the same high peaks that inspired the Hudson River School. Watch for eagles.

Hudson River Skywalk (HUDSON TO CATSKILL)

Panoramic views from three viewing decks hundreds of feet in the air.

Monument Mountain (GREAT BARRINGTON, BERKSHIRES) Sacred to the Mohican people, Peeskawso (“virtuous woman”) Peak’s 1,642foot summit looks out over the Housatonic River Valley.

Walkway Over

The Hudson

(POUGHKEEPSIE) For a stroll right into the sunset…

Mount Greylock (ADAMS, NORTHERN TACONIC RANGE) Melville’s view from his desk in Pitts eld during the snowy winter of 1850, Mount Greylock is the highest point in Massachusetts, from which you can see ve states.

Macricostas Preserve, Meeker Trail

(NEW PRESTON, SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES)

Easily one of the top-rated sunset destinations in all of Connecticut.

Olana State Historic Site

(HUDSON, CATSKILLS) Carriage paths walkable for families, designed by painter Frederic Church. Views of the river and mountains are at their best in spring, but you can catch Church’s iconic view every day, wherever you are, via the “eye cam” from his painting studio window.

Most sites are open until sunset, of course, but dark drops super fast in the country once the sun goes down, so bone up on your trail safety, be prepared and pop into Dick’s Sporting Goods [see page 94] for a 300-lumen headlamp to keep in your fanny pack for the always tricky downward trail. Here’s to your mountaintop experience, and as the great prophet Elton John once said (and then repeated with George Michael), “don’t let the sun go down on you.” Indeed.