Kinetic Sculpture 1971

This kinetic sculpture by George Rickey is a dance of reflective light and motion. Just imagine him in his studio, carefully balancing these metal planes, figuring out how they’ll catch the wind. The shapes are simple – rectangles, set at these jaunty angles that seem to defy gravity. I wonder if Rickey thought about how the surroundings would play off this piece, the way it mirrors the sky and buildings. It reminds me a little of Calder, but with a more architectural feel. There’s a kind of quiet geometry to it, and the longer you look, the more it feels like time unfolding. What happens when the wind picks up? Do the reflections blur and flicker? Does the whole thing become something new? That’s the beauty of it, right? It’s never the same twice. I imagine artists like Rickey are in an ongoing conversation with the world, always responding, always in motion themselves.