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  • George Rickey and his Kinetic Sculptures

    Sydney Walton Park Two Open Rectangles Eccentric Variation IV Triangle Section by George Rickey 1977  George Rickey has several kinetic sculptures around San Francisco. Rickey (1907-2002) was one of two major 20th-century artists to make movement a central interest in sculpture. Alexander Calder, whose mobiles Mr. Rickey encountered in the 1930’s, was the other. After starting out…

  • Civic Center – Double L Excentric Gyratory

    Civic Center San Francisco Public Library  Double L Excentric Gyratory by George Rickey – 1982 The plaque reads – A gift from an immigrant Carl Djerassi to his adopted City.  Dedicated by San Francisco Arts Commission May 1997. George Rickey was an American kinetic sculptor born on June 6, 1907 in South Bend, Indiana.  When Rickey was…

  • SOMA – Annular Eclipse

    SOMA 560 Mission Street Annular Eclipse George Rickey George Rickey (1907 -2002)  built his career combining fundamental elements of nature and physics in the creation of his sculpture. His works include a broad vocabulary of geometric shapes and multiple devices for moving the elements in his sculpture, such as gimbals, pendulums and rotors.  Ricky constantly…