George Rickey “Selected Works from the Estate 1954-2000”
Marlborough (Midtown)
[image: George Rickey "Ship" (1955) stainless steel, unique, 15 x 12 x 3 in.]
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The Directors of Marlborough Gallery presents George Rickey: Selected Works from the Estate 1954-2000, an important exhibition of works by the artist at Marlborough Gallery. The exhibition features monumental and small-scale indoor and outdoor sculptures from the artist’s estate, many of which have never before been exhibited. The exhibition consists of 34 works covering the breadth of Rickey’s career.
George Rickey is among the most inventive and influential artists of the twentieth century. His sculpture evolved from experiments with a broad range of materials that began during his years of service in World War II. By the late 1950s and early 1960s he had reduced sculptural forms to simple, geometric shapes such as rectangles, trapezoids, cubes, and lines. Rickey, along with Alexander Calder, introduced the notion of kinetic sculpture—sculpture capable of motion—to America in the mid-twentieth century. Rickey was among the first to create works that were intended for outdoor exhibition, and he became well-known for light reflective stainless steel sculptures of geometric forms that respond to the action of air currents.
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from February 04, 2016 to March 05, 2016