About this artwork
The two long rods of this sculpture can pivot and move 360 degrees in the wind, although they have been carefully designed not to touch each other. Rickey was interested in the movement of straight lines through the air and in how they cut through the surrounding space. As a child, Rickey considered becoming an engineer and was fascinated by the machinery in the engine-room of the steamers on the river Clyde. This childhood interest influenced his kinetic sculptures, such as this.
Updated before 2020
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artist:George RickeyAmerican (1907 - 2002)
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title:Two Lines up Excentric VI
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date created:1977
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materials:Stainless steel (3/3)
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measurements:670.50 cm (height)
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credit line:Purchased 1984
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accession number:GMA 2844
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George Rickey
George Rickey
Rickey was born in Indiana but moved in Scotland in 1913 and spent his childhood in Glasgow. After studying at Oxford University, he returned to America in 1930. In 1949 Rickey made a mobile sculpture and from then on made exclusively kinetic sculptures. His first sculptures were made from glass,...