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Courtesy of the Palaias Royale and Marlborough Gallery

George Rickey, Two Open Rectangles

October 1, 2007 to April 23, 2008
Union Square Park, Manhattan

Please note: This is a past exhibit that is no longer installed in the park.

Description:

Two Open Rectangles, a stainless steel kinetic sculpture, is made to move gently in response to any gust of wind.  In this way, the sculpture, like other kinetic work in the artist’s oeuvre, translates the transitory nature of the wind’s movement into the more physical form of steel. 

George Rickey (1907-2002) began his career as a painter in the cubist style.  He later changed mediums and began his career in sculpture, starting with mobiles.  Rickey’s mobile work eventually became the large, steel, kinetic forms for which he is most well-known.  His work was included in the 1967 exhibition Sculpture in Environment. 

Presented by Marlborough Chelsea.