{"product_id":"george-sherwood-wind-waves-and-light-9798987228203","title":"George Sherwood: Wind, Waves, and Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Wind moves the Waves, the Waves move the Light, and the Light moves us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- George Sherwood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Sherwood's kinetic sculptures invite us to observe, experience, contemplate and engage more fully in the natural world around us. His intricate and innovatively designed works explore aesthetic systems of space, time, and the dynamic relationships of objects in motion. The choreography of each piece is governed by a set of basic movements, facilitated by an arrangement of aerodynamic surfaces connected by rotational points. The Artist Book Foundation is pleased to present \u003ci\u003eGeorge Sherwood: Wind, Waves, and Light, \u003c\/i\u003e the first monograph on this award-winning artist's lustrous, subtly transformative works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing 100 sculptures from Sherwood's early whimsical explorations to his monumental commissions that have graced private and public gardens, city sites, and exhibition spaces around the world, readers will witness how changing winds, shades of light, times of day, precipitation, and the seasons' changing colors alter the sculptures, animate their surroundings, and ignite the imagination. Sherwood's sculptures are often made of stainless steel, a reflective material that serves to integrate the works into the unique and often transient light of their environments. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased in Ipswich, Massachusetts, Sherwood has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions including the Currier Museum, Manchester, New Hampshire; Saint Gauden's National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire; The Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston, Massachusetts; and the Katonah Museum, in Katonah, New York. In 2007 he was awarded the Lillian Heller Award for Contemporary Art at Chesterwood in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. His works can be found in the permanent collections of The Currier Museum; The Dana Farber Cancer Institute 20th and 21st century Contemporary Art Collection in Boston, Massachusetts; the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine, the Atlanta Botanical Garden in Atlanta, Georgia; and the Contemporary Sculpture Path at the Forest Hills Educational Trust in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpecializing in sculpture inspired by nature, \u003cb\u003eJune LaCombe\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent arts consultant representing a selection of New England artists. She has curated and sited exhibitions in Maine for over thirty years and helped clients throughout the country build their art collections. \u003cb\u003eBelinda Rathbone\u003c\/b\u003e is a biographer, historian, and fine arts journalist based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is the author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eWalker Evans: A Biography; The Guynd: A Scottish Journal; The Boston Raphael;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGeorge Rickey: A Life in Balance.\u003c\/i\u003e American sculptor \u003cb\u003eGeorge Sherwood, \u003c\/b\u003e with degrees in both art and engineering, explores aesthetic systems of space and time, as well as the dynamic interplay of objects in motion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artist Book Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50501001937170,"sku":"9798987228203","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da646300-2ae0-4e90-963f-79a70cd6c110.jpg?v=1730760898","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/george-sherwood-wind-waves-and-light-9798987228203","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}