Two Lines Oblique
A striking outdoor kinetic sculpture by George Rickey, featuring two elongated stainless steel blades mounted on a vertical pole, positioned at oblique angles and designed to move with air currents. The work exemplifies Rickey's signature kinetic style, drawing on principles of balance, movement, and precise engineering. The polished steel surfaces catch ambient light and shift dynamically against the surrounding landscape. Displayed in the grounds of the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, this is a characteristic example of Rickey's monumental outdoor kinetic works.
- Medium
- Stainless steel kinetic sculpture
- Spotted At
- Museum · Bruce Museum
Notes
Spotted on the grounds of the Bruce Museum. Two stainless steel blades mounted on a central vertical column/post with a base plate. Orange traffic cones visible nearby suggesting possible installation or maintenance activity at time of photograph.
Spotted works by George Rickey
Artists in conversation
Alexander Calder
American · b. 1898
Calder pioneered kinetic sculpture with hanging and standing mobiles that move in response to air currents, directly inspiring Rickey's work and sharing the same core qualities of balanced geometric forms in perpetual gentle motion.
Pol Bury
Belgian · b. 1922
Bury created kinetic sculptures using polished stainless steel and slowly moving geometric elements driven by motors, producing the same hypnotic and meditative quality of precise mechanical movement found in Rickey's oscillating blade forms.
Takis
Greek · b. 1925
Takis engineered kinetic sculptures with slender metallic rods and elements that sway and oscillate with great delicacy, sharing Rickey's fascination with motion as a sculptural medium and the poetic tension between stillness and movement in metal forms.
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