George Rickey sculptures on display downtown
Published: Jun 23, 2009
Works by South Bend, Ind. native George Rickey, featuring 10 of the late artist's best known sculptures, are currently on display as part of a temporary exhibition along an approximate 13-block area of downtown Indianapolis. The exhibit continues through Sept. 17.
A project of the Arts Council of Indianapolis, “George Rickey: An Evolution” features sculptures encompassing the last four decades of Rickey's work. The exhibition is one in a series of similar projects featured by the arts council that have included a 2005 series by Tom Otterness, a 2006-2007 exhibit of works by Julian Opie and the last featured series of sculptures by Chakaia Booker in 2008 and 2009.
The outdoor display is being accompanied by a survey of Rickey’s earlier life and career at the Indianapolis Arts Center. Included are some previously un-exhibited works, including early portraits and still life paintings; Works Project Administration mural studies during the time of the Great Depression; smaller sculptures; late pastel floral studies, and models of Rickey’s better known kinetic sculptures.
Additionally, five of Rickey’s medium-sized sculptures are in the art center’s 12-acre ARTSPARK sculpture park located above the corner of the intersection of Washington and Illinois streets downtown. A map of the entire 13-block exhibit can be found on the Public Arts Indianapolis website.
Two walking tours of Rickey’s works will be held on July 19 and Aug. 16 at 3 p.m. Tour guides will be waiting at the Annual Eclipse V sculpture by Chase Tower at the corner of Monument Circle and East Market Street, where the Soldiers & Sailors Monument sits.
“George Rickey: An Evolution” was developed by the Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission and funded by a grant from Lilly Endowment, considered one of the 10 largest philanthropic endowments in the United States.
- by Jim Brown , Indianapolis Reporter for HelloMetro
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