Windamajig, (sculpture).

Windamajig, (sculpture).

Rhoads, George, 1926- , sculptor.

Hopmans, Chris, fabricator.

Windamajig, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: steel, car parts (bearings), painted pipes, golf balls; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. H. 26 ft. x W. 14 ft.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. x Diam. 30 in.

(On top metal label attached to pole:) GEORGE RHOADS (United States, b. 1926)/Windamajig 1990/mixed media/Financed by the David Bermant/Foundation: Color, Light, Motion (On bottom metal label attached to pole:) GEORGE RHOADS (Estados Unidos, n. 1926)/Windamajig 1990/materiales varios/Patrocinado por la Fundacion/David Bermant: Color, Luz, Mocion

An abstract sculpture composed of a central, sixteen foot steel pole which supports a two-tiered, rotating arrangement of pipes and cone. The rotating part of the sculpture is made of four pairs of pipes joined in an X-arrangement. Cones attached at the ends of the pipes trap the beach breeze causing the X-arrangement to rotate clockwise. Simultaneously, the central organizing structure rotates, as four stationery pipes with cones trap the same breeze and cause it to rotate in a counter-clockwise motion. These configurations are divided between two tiers. A golf ball is suspended on a pipe behind each X-arrangement. As the sculpture moves, the golf balls hit resonance plates creating soft chime tones. The exteriors of the cones and the pipes are painted a cream color; the interiors of the cones are painted either blue, red, or cream-yellow. The sculpture is mounted on a cylindrical concrete base.

Abstract -- Geometric

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Goleta

Administered by Santa Barbara County, Parks Department, Santa Barbara Arts Commission, P. O. Box 2369, Santa Barbara, California 93120

Located Goleta Beach Park, Goleta, California

The sculpture was financed by the David Bermant Foundation. For related reading see Phyllis Plous' "Pulse 2: Report on a Phenomenon," Seattle: University of Washington Press, (University of California, Santa Barbara, University Art Museum), 1990.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.

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