George Rickey "Two Lines Oblique" Kinetic Sculpture

From the exhibition Sculpture in Motion at the Atlanta Botanical Garden on view through October 2008 and curated by Brigitte Micmacker from Sculpturesite Gallery. Curator's commentary: "The George Rickey work in the Sculpture in Motion exhibition, Two Lines Oblique, Atlanta, 1969, on loan from the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, is a classic example of the monumental works composed of blades that became Rickey's best known legacy. The long, tapered blades used as pendulums are a wonder of empirical engineering: light-weight sheet stainless steel is wrapped around a structural core and lead weights are distributed unevenly to slow down the blades individually, a procedure Rickey used to create as much as a tenfold difference of tempo within the same sculpture."

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[cwhig]

Guy's a genius.

[mmadman]

This was in Nashville for 3 years prior to traveling to Atlanta. It's a wonder to watch. Almost seems to be a living thing at times.

[clayboy56]

Simply one of the most amazing things I seen in my life! A perfect balance of aesthetics, design, precision of craft, & possibly a few other concepts that allude me right now. Mesmerizing - if only in my wondering if it would ever repeat itself in space. I thought of it today in relation to our tendency to think things have to be complicated & our propensity to turn to high-technologies for solutions. Exquisite piece to ponder chaos, unintended consequences & the butterfly-wing effect, etc. THNX