Overview
Amid the lavishly blooming flowers and trees at the Atlanta Botanical Garden this spring an array of extraordinary sculptures come to life with Sculpture in Motion: Art Choreographed by Nature. Moved (literally) by the power of the elements, 32 kinetic sculptures from 16 different artists will be on display beginning May 3 through Oct. 31, 2008. Sculpture in Motion was organized in collaboration with Guest Curator Brigitte Micmacker, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco.
Each piece harnesses the forces of nature – air currents, water, solar power, sound waves, or human energy – forming endless compositions that change over time in perfect harmony with the Atlanta Botanical Garden. This important exhibition of kinetic fine art is the most extensive survey of outdoor kinetic sculpture ever held, and includes prominent kinetic sculptors working today in the U.S., Germany and Japan, as well as emerging kinetic artists.
Fascinating to watch, the sculptures evoke personal responses as varied as the artwork itself. The continual changes in wind-powered kinetics are mesmerizing, as they capture and give form to breezes that are also made visible by the leaves of nearby trees, yet using gleaming metals instead of foliage. Other forms of moving sculpture, such as liquid magnetics that defy gravity and multi-ton interactives that can be pushed by a toddler, simply must be seen to be believed!
The art work is for sale with proceeds, in part, going to support mission-related endeavors of the Atlanta Botanical Garden. To view all the sculptures in the exhibition, click here.
Exhibition Catalog now on sale
The Sculpture in Motion Exhibition Catalog is now on sale exclusively at the Garden Gift Shop. This publication features a message from the Garden Executive Director Mary Pat Matheson, an essay by Guest Curator Brigitte Mickmacker, and exquisite photographs of each sculpture by Atlanta Photographer Ron Holt. The souvenier booklet is 40 pages and sells for $16.
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Sculpture in Motion - Overview
Overview
