9 Monumental, Moving Sculptures Coming To Park Avenue

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Nine monumental sculptures by the artist George Rickey will be installed along Park Avenue in September as part of a major retrospective of the late sculptor, organizers announced.

The nine kinetic sculptures will line Park Avenue's central median between East 52nd and 56th streets, coinciding with another exhibition visible from the High Line in Chelsea.

The Park Avenue sculptures will "showcase much of Rickey’s diverse and energetic repertoire," according to organizers, with works created between 1964 and 2002 — the year of his death.

They will include "Breaking Column II" (1989), a 25-foot-tall, silvery pillar whose distinct segments "fall apart and reassemble on the wind’s whim."

Other works on display will include Six Lines in a T (1964-1979) Untitled Circle (2002), and Space Churn with Octagon (1971), a series of concentric forms spinning at different speeds.

Titled "George Rickey: Monumental Sculpture on Park Avenue," the exhibition was organized in partnership with the Parks Department's Art in the Parks program and the Fund for Park Avenue's sculpture committee. It was announced by the George Rickey Foundation, as well as the artist's estate.