Artist:
Rhoads, George
Title/Year: Wallpiece 1981 (#1)
Dimensions: 60 x 31 x 8
Materials: Mixed media motorized steel
balls (19)
Year: 1981
From: Artist
Owner: NSC
Location: 45
Exhibited at: Wadsworth Atheneum 1984;
Butler Institute of American Art year long exhibition 1992-1993
Comments: S.S. This is the original piece,
the beginning of a series, the next ten (10) of which were financed by APS
and owned by NSC.
Artist:
Rhoads, George
Title/Year: Screwball
Dimensions: 65 x 12 base
Materials: working model stainless steel;
14 balls for full size 40' piece later located at Mt. Prospect Plaza
Owner: DWB
Location: Santa Ynez
Exhibited at:
Comments: The 40' high actual Screwball
was installed at Mt. Prospect Plaza, Chicago, IL, but because of the noise
of the soccer balls swirling down, it had to be removed and returned to the
artist even though paid for.
Artist:
Rhoads, George
Title/Year: Lunatick 1990
Dimensions: 3' x 10'
Materials: 224 individual clock motors
with 224 AA batteries, wood, paper
Year: 1990
From:
Artist
Owner: DWB
Location: Santa Ynez
Exhibited at: PULSE 2 at S.B. 1990 (Channing
Peake Gallery)
Comments: A special commission for display
in Circuit (pre-PULSE 2 at S.B. 1990) at rear of SBMA and along side State
St. during exhibition. Rejected by Curator, Nancy Doll.
Artist:
Rhoads, George
Title/Year: Homage to Wolfgang 1981 #1
of proposed 9 (never built)
Dimensions: 25 x 12 x 12
Materials: Steel ball, steel, Mozart
head, 20 chimes and 20 hammers
Year: 1981
From: Artist
Owner: APS
Location: 42
Exhibited at: Santa Ynez
Comments: Initially commissioned as the first of possible edition of
250 each of classical composer series as suggested by Ivan Karp (O.K. Harris
Gallery). Rejected as not for his Gallery.
Artist:
Rhoads, George
Title/Year: Blue Shamrock 1986
Dimensions: irregular circle, at extremes
40" wide 50" high
Materials:
Mixed Media
Year: 1986
From: Artist
Owner: NSC
Location: Santa Ynez
Exhibited at: Butler Institute of American
Art year long exhibition 1992-1993
Comments:
Artist:
Rhoads, George
Title/Year: Good Time Clock IV 1984
Dimensions: 72 x 72 x 36
Materials: mixed media with electric
motor
Year: 1984
From: Artist
Owner: DWB Foundation: Color, Light,
Motion
Location: Santa Barbara Airport
Exhibited at: Aldrich 1988; PULSE 2
at S.B. 1990 (airport)
Comments:
Loaned to Port Authority, NY/NJ for LaGuardia waiting room 2nd floor; Santa
Barbara Museum of Art (two Christmas seasons 1988 N.Y. 1989; UCen at UCSB
twice)
Artist:
Rhoads, George
Title/Year: Windamajig II, 1991
Dimensions: 15' hieght x 76" dia.
Materials: Painted mild steel
Year: 1991
From: Artist
Owner: DWB Foundation: Color, Light,
Motion
Location: CIRCUIT
Exhibited at: 1104 to 9/91, UCSB; 1991
to 5/92, Jacksonville Museum of Art 6/92. Now (1998) at Goleta Beach Park,
Santa Barbara County Park, CA on Bermant loan.
Comments:
GEORGE RHOADS has worked as a printmaker, ceramicist, muralist, advertising artist and medical illustrator. He has designed many kinetic fountains. His audio kinetic sculptures are precise clockwork-like mechanisms governed by weight and timing. Yet, they maintain the appearance of spontaneity and randomness. These works promote the concept that the machine itself is a work of art, designed to demystify machinery and stimulate viewer reaction. Mr. Rhoads' work is part of the permanent collections of such museums as the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Chicago Art Institute.