George Rickey
George Rickey
Kinetic art
George Rickey (1907-2002) was an American sculptor who grew up in Scotland. He studied in Oxford and Paris. After serving in the US Army as an engineer and inspired by objects by Alexander Calder, he began developing mobiles in 1945 and worked mainly as a sculptor from the 1950s on. He created metal sculptures with elements which would be set in motion by slight airflow. After a stay in Berlin (from 1968-1969) he was also famous in Europe and his art has been the subject of public debate.
The kinetic sculpture Four Lines Oblique II, a 1-m-tall statue with moving metal arms, was made between 1969 and 1970 by George Rickey, with motion as the integral element of aesthetic expression.
© Photo: Louisa Guiness Gallery, London
