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‘Rickey’ is back
Two Turning Vertical Rectangles – the sculpture with the two gigantic revolving plates – by artist George Rickey, is back on the Binnenwegplein in Rotterdam. It had been five years away, but last Monday, September…
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George Rickey’s sculpture Two Turning Vertical Rectangles damaged
In 2015, after a three-year absence, George Rickey’s sculpture Two Turning Vertical Rectangles returned to the Binnenwegplein. Sadly, the joy upon its return was short lived: the sculpture was seriously damaged when a truck backed…
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George Rickey
George Rickey, born in South Bend, Indiana (US) in 1907. Died in Saint Paul, Minnesota on 17 July 2002.
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George Rickey’s sculpture returns to Binnenwegplein
PRESS RELEASE George Rickey’s kinetic sculpture has returned to the Binnenwegplein The artwork consists of two rectangle panels, attached to a central pole. The sculpture was removed in 2012, due to safety concerns –…
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up close: Rickey sculpture on view at Witte de With
For the exhibition The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part Of Something Else, the artists duo Bik Van der Pol decided to bring the sculpture Two Turning…
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Rotterdam Cultural Histories #2 by Bik Van der Pol
This presentation and accompanying newspaper document Bik Van der Pol’s research into George Rickey’s kinetic sculpture Two Rectangles Vertical Gyratory (1971), and its history. This second edition of Rotterdam Cultural Histories…
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This Sunday: 50th Anniversary
Sunday 11 September, starting at 2pm Hofplein – Coolsingel – Blaak “Grande Finale” at 5 pm. at the ‘Sculpture Terace’ on the Westersingel On this Sunday afternoon, you can stroll from sculpture…
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Le Tamanoir
Thanks to its title, the sculpture is recognizable as an anteater, with its high back and typical tubular snout touching the ground, nosing. Without this title, the sculpture could be an abstract construction and the…
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Standing a stone’s throw from each other two kinetic sculptures by George Rickey, namely Two Turning Vertical Rectangles on Binnenwegplein and Three Columns on the facade of the City Theatre can be seen in the…
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Standing a stone’s throw from each other two kinetic sculptures by George Rickey, namely Two Turning Vertical Rectangles on Binnenwegplein and Three Columns on the facade of the City Theatre can be seen in the…
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Two Turning Vertical Rectangles
Two kinetic sculptures by George Rickey stand a few hundred metres from each other in Rotterdam. Rickey was born in the United States, but moved to Europe at an early age, where he came into…
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Three Columns
Op een paar honderd meter van elkaar staan in de Rotterdamse binnenstad twee kinetische sculpturen van George Rickey. Rickey werd geboren in de Verenigde Staten. Hij kwam al jong naar Europa, waar hij eind jaren twintig…
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Three columns
Two kinetic sculptures by George Rickey stand a few hundred metres from each other in Rotterdam. Rickey was born in the United States, but moved to Europe at an early age, where he came into…
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