Reuben Heyday Margolin

Reuben Heyday Margolin is an American-born artist and sculptor known for his mechanically driven kinetic sculptures of wave-forms.[1] Some of the sculptures are hand-cranked and small scale, while others are large, installed in large high-ceiling spaces, suspended from the ceiling.[2] His art also includes drawings, portraiture, traditional sculpture, and rickshaws.[3]

Reuben Margolin's "Nebula", Photo by Michael Prados

Education

He was educated at Berkeley High School, then at Harvard University, where he earned a BA in English. He later studied drawing in Florence, Italy and Monumental painting at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, Russia.

Career

In Autumn of 2010, Margolin installed "Nebula", a kinetic art work with 4,500 amber crystals, in the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas.[4] The piece has been described as "perhaps the most ambitious kinetic sculpture ever commissioned." [5]

References
  1. "Die "magische Welle" im Technorama". Presseportal. November 27, 2008. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  2. Calamai, Peter (March 31, 2007). "Lively museum reveals the art of science". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  3. "East Bay Leonardo". SFist. March 28, 2008. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  4. Robinson-Jacobs, Karen (2010-07-16). "Suspended Sculpture to be centerpiece of Hilton Anatole's Renovation". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  5. Hansen, Evan (October 8, 2010). "Insane Kinetic Sculpture Tests Limits of Math, Art, Man". Wired.com. Conde Nast. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
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