J. CARL FREEDMAN (AMERICAN 1952-)
'KEPLER'S APPLE' MOBILE, 1999
£1,197
Auction: Modern Made Day 2 - Lots 124 to 456 - Friday 02 May at 10:30
Description
signed and dated J. Carl Freedman 1999 DX (to one panel), aluminium
Dimensions
flat width: 140cm (55in); approximate height: 40cm (15 ¾in)
Footnote
‘My work reflects the order and harmony that I see in the world of nature around me - patterns of movement, change, growth and form. There is a beautiful sort of mathematics at work in the world in the way that forms grow and patterns repeat themselves in so many different places. There is a spectacular balanced dance happening everywhere, always, at all scales, from the interplay of the vast pieces of the universe to the miraculous minutia of the mechanisms of life. The orderly patterns that underlie these harmonies are the basis for the forms I use in my work. It is the mathematics of balance and growth and movement.’ (J. Carl Freedman)
Carl Freedman has been making mobiles, vanes and moving sculpture for more than twenty years from his studio in Haiku on the island of Maui. His work bridges the fields of art, craft and engineering and varies in scale from small table-top pieces with tiny machined bearings to large works for public architectural spaces.