Windamajig - Goleta, CA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Long Description:
This colorful and musical sculpture is located at Goleta Beach Park.

From the Smithsonian AIC Description:

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.

A plaque on the base reads:

WINDAMAJIG 1990 By George Rhoads Loaned by the David Bermant Foundation: Color, Light, Motion

TITLE: Windamajig ARTIST(S): sculptor; George Rhoads (1926- ); fabricator: Chris Hopmans DATE: 1990 MEDIUM: Sculpture: steel, car parts (bearings), painted pipes, golf balls; Base: concrete CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA001076 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Goleta Beach Park DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None Noted

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