George Rickey "Indoor/Outdoor"
Maxwell Davidson Gallery/Davidson Contemporary
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This will be the gallery's 16th show for George Rickey over the last 31 years, and will be comprised of works from the grand arc of Rickey's career, including some of Rickey's most recognizable imagery, his boldest variations, as well as some of his most delicate kinetic creations.
Rickey turned to sculpture in earnest when he was in his early forties - late by most standards - but his opus is deep thanks both the artist's longevity and his tireless work ethic. George Rickey died in 2002 at the age of 95, and had only stopped creating sculpture about a year before his death.
Though he is perhaps most well known for his bladed "line" sculptures, Rickey's work varied greatly over the span of six decades. At the start, Rickey's work resembled Calder's catenary systems, though those early mobiles soon evolved into the finely balanced sculptures, "little machines" as Rickey called them - swaying, rocking, and twisting - that gave Rickey his renown.
[Image: George Rickey 1972 "Four Lines Oblique" Stainless steel on wooden base 29 x 19 x 3 inches Blades: 18 in.]
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from January 04, 2011 to February 12, 2011