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George Rickey I tried to keep my mind on movement itself, pushing gently on to try to find what was possible and discovering, with each new idea, how near the beginning I still was. — George Rickey

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George Rickey. I tried to keep my mind on mov ement itself, pushing gently on to try to find what was possible and discovering, with each new idea, how n ear the beginning I still was . — George Rickey. George Rickey. Born June 6, 1907 Died July 17, 2002 at age 95 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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George Rickey

I tried to keep my mind on movement itself, pushing gently on to try to find what was possible and discovering, with each new idea, how near the beginning I still was.— George Rickey

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George Rickey

• Born June 6, 1907 • Died July 17, 2002 at age 95• Training at NYU Institute of Fine Arts

I was snatched from South Bend at the age of six in 1913, and it was Notre Dame that brought me back. — George Rickey, July 4, 1996

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Persephone Variation Three, 1968 George RickeyRetrieved from: http://www.google.com/search?q=george+rickey&aq=f&oq=ge&sugexp=chrome,mod=0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 on 10/24/12

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Carousel IV, 1994George RickeyRetrieved from: http://www.minusspace.com/2008/05/breath-of-life-by-alexandra-anderson-spivy-artnet-magazine-may-2-2008/ on 10/24/12

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Column of Four Squares, 1996 George RickeyRetrieved from: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/gallery-e6frg6n6-1225793577164?page=4 on 10/24/12

http://www.gibbsfarm.org.nz/rickey.php

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His Work

• George Rickey’s work is mostly sculpture and falls into the Kinetic Sculpture movement.

• Rickey was influenced by Alexander Calder.

• Once you have two of something, they immediately start a dialogue. —George Rickey

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Kinetic Sculpture (Art)• Kinetic Sculpture or Kinetic Art is art that has moving

parts or depends on motion for it’s effect.• The moving parts are powered by wind, motor or the observer. • The Whirligig• By Lyman Whiteaker

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_art

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Knox Restores Mural by Artist George RickeySeptember 22, 2009

• The painting features Knox students and faculty

• "The Offer of Education," 1940• George Rickey

• George Rickey (center, front) paints mural with Knox College students

• http://www.knox.edu/news-and-events/news-archive/knox-restores-mural-by-artist-george-rickey.html

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Space Churn With Octagon, 1971George Rickey http://www.paindy.org/rickey/sculptures/8_Space_Churn_With_Octagon.html11/1/12

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Six Lines In a T II, 1964-1979George Rickeyhttp://39weekends.blogspot.com/2011/08/weekend-of-hurricane-irene.html 11/2/12

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Horizontal Column Of Five Square Excentric, 1993George Rickeyhttp://www.longhouse.org/education/edu-exhibitions/category/2500-years-of-clay11/5/12

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Chevron Theme, 1990George Rickeyhttp://www.longhouse.org/education/edu-exhibitions/category/2500-years-of-clay11/4/12

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Annular Eclipse VII, 2000George Rickeyhttp://viewpoints.vbmuseum.org/annular-eclipse/information#tk-artwork-about 11/3/12

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Test Questions

• What movement does George Rickey fall into?• Who is George Rickey’s inspiration?• George Rickey painted a mural with with what

college? (Below)

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Videos/Links• httphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnsJ9H2oKD4:

//www.georgerickeyworks.com/film.html• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y6yNNLwJAQ&feature=

relatedhttp://sniteartmuseum.nd.edu/publications/images/RickeyCatalog.pdf