Charlene Von Heyl
June 29 - Fall, 2025 | Germantown, New York
Charline von Heyl, Black Flowers, (2023). Courtesy the artist and Sky High Farm 2025 Biennial.
Sky High Farm’s inaugural biennial, TREES NEVER END AND HOUSES NEVER END, signals the start of a new chapter for the organization as it expands to a new 560-acre farm. Curated by the farm’s founder and board president, artist Dan Colen, and named after an artwork by its first staff member and farmer who passed away in 2014, the exhibition explores the connection between local ecology, history, and industry in the Hudson River Valley and their ties to New York City. Standouts include Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ billboard work Untitled (It’s Just a Matter of Time), installed on 24 billboards along the Hudson River from Troy to the New York Harbor; Anne Imhof’s industrial water containers that form a labyrinth, which holds other artists’s work; and Rudolf Stingel’s largest mirrored floor installation, serving as a pedestal for other works, including Pia Camil’s fountain made from joined dead apple trees that guides water into Imhof’s containers. Rooted in the farm’s community-centered mission to tackle issues like nutrition security and systemic injustice, the exhibition shows what can happen when art, agriculture, and activism come together, combining the transformative work of artists with the impact of a justice-oriented organization.