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About the Artwork
A suspended kinetic sculpture with three sections. Three narrow banners contain a clean square grid system of scales, all of which move individually.
About the Artist
Tim Prentice
British artist Tim Prentice earned his Masters in Architecture at Yale University. He is one half of the award-wining firm Chan & Prentice. Prentice incorporates movement and pattern into his designs and often uses materials associated with industry and technology. Lexan, a NASA material, delicate and ephemeral in appearance can be found in numerous works. His site-specific works are all around the world and are in the hands of over 100 private collectors.
“In my current work in kinetic sculpture, I am trying to concentrate on the movement, rather than the object. I take it as an article of faith that the air around us moves in ways, which are organic, whimsical, and unpredictable. I therefore assume that if I were to abdicate the design to the wind, the work would take on these same qualities. The engineer in me wants to minimize friction and inertia to make the air visible. The architect studies matters of scale and proportion. The navigator and sailor want to know the strength and direction of the wind. The artist wants to understand its changing shape. Meanwhile, the child wants to play.” -Tim Prentice
Did you know?
The tallest sculpture of a human figure is the minimalist William King sculpture of three figures looking to the sky at the Orlando airport. The tallest is 40 feet tall!
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For those who have eyes to see, there are hundreds of works of art around them.
This web site provides some information on many of those works of art that can
be regularly viewed in Orange County by any member of the public without an
admission fee. They are outside in public view, or located in an interior area
that is normally open to the public.
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public art in Central Florida.
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