Nancy Holt, Hydra’s Head [construction image] (1974)

Along the Niagara River, Artpark, Lewiston, New York, USA

Concrete, earth, water

Overall dimensions: 28 x 62 ft. (8.5 x 18.9 m)

Pool Diameters: two 4 ft. (1.2 m), three 3 ft. (.9 m) , one 2 ft. (.6 m)

Pool Depth: 3 ft. (.9 m)

Two large concrete tubes in a field and a third on a front loader machine with three figures around it.

Nancy Holt, Hydra’s Head [construction image] (1974)

Along the Niagara River, Artpark, Lewiston, New York, USA

Concrete, earth, water

Overall dimensions: 28 x 62 ft. (8.5 x 18.9 m)

Pool Diameters: two 4 ft. (1.2 m), three 3 ft. (.9 m) , one 2 ft. (.6 m)

Pool Depth: 3 ft. (.9 m)

Nancy Holt, Hydra’s Head [construction image] (1974)

Along the Niagara River, Artpark, Lewiston, New York, USA

Concrete, earth, water

Overall dimensions: 28 x 62 ft. (8.5 x 18.9 m)

Pool Diameters: two 4 ft. (1.2 m), three 3 ft. (.9 m) , one 2 ft. (.6 m)

Pool Depth: 3 ft. (.9 m)

A construction site with a large yellow bulldozer next to a river.

Nancy Holt, Hydra’s Head [construction image] (1974)

Along the Niagara River, Artpark, Lewiston, New York, USA

Concrete, earth, water

Overall dimensions: 28 x 62 ft. (8.5 x 18.9 m)

Pool Diameters: two 4 ft. (1.2 m), three 3 ft. (.9 m) , one 2 ft. (.6 m)

Pool Depth: 3 ft. (.9 m)

Nancy Holt, Hydra’s Head (1974)

Along the Niagara River, Artpark, Lewiston, New York, USA

Concrete, earth, water

Overall dimensions: 28 x 62 ft. (8.5 x 18.9 m)

Pool Diameters: two 4 ft. (1.2 m), three 3 ft. (.9 m) , one 2 ft. (.6 m)

Pool Depth: 3 ft. (.9 m)

A series of small circular pools in the position of the constellation Hydra along a river bank. River and woods beyond in the background.

Nancy Holt, Hydra’s Head (1974)

Along the Niagara River, Artpark, Lewiston, New York, USA

Concrete, earth, water

Overall dimensions: 28 x 62 ft. (8.5 x 18.9 m)

Pool Diameters: two 4 ft. (1.2 m), three 3 ft. (.9 m) , one 2 ft. (.6 m)

Pool Depth: 3 ft. (.9 m)

Nancy Holt, Hydra’s Head (1974)

Along the Niagara River, Artpark, Lewiston, New York, USA

Concrete, earth, water

Overall dimensions: 28 x 62 ft. (8.5 x 18.9 m)

Pool Diameters: two 4 ft. (1.2 m), three 3 ft. (.9 m) , one 2 ft. (.6 m)

Pool Depth: 3 ft. (.9 m)

A circular pool of water reflecting a blue sky.

Nancy Holt, Hydra’s Head (1974)

Along the Niagara River, Artpark, Lewiston, New York, USA

Concrete, earth, water

Overall dimensions: 28 x 62 ft. (8.5 x 18.9 m)

Pool Diameters: two 4 ft. (1.2 m), three 3 ft. (.9 m) , one 2 ft. (.6 m)

Pool Depth: 3 ft. (.9 m)

Scout Hutchinson

Research Fellowships

six circular pools of water embedded along the shoreline of a river

Project Description

Scout’s Hutchinson's Research Fellowship expands on her Master’s thesis “Occupying Space: Land Art and the Red Power Movement, c. 1965–78,” focusing on Nancy Holt’s 1974 work Hydra’s Head.

Biography

Scout Hutchinson is a recent graduate of the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU, where she earned an MA in Art History. She has provided curatorial support to art institutions including deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Massachusetts; the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College; the Jewish Museum in New York; and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum at the University of Oklahoma, where she is currently a Mellon Curatorial Intern.

Scout Hutchinson

Project Description

Biography

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