Dr. Marvin Tadlock, professor of art at Virginia Intermont College, has sculpture selected for a national exhibit.
His moving kinetic sculpture “Trinity” is installed at the University Mall in Chapel Hill, N.C., as part of the Sculpture Visions Outdoor Exhibit, an annual national competition.
The exhibit runs through October 2011.
“One of the fascinations in working in the sculptural medium is the act of balancing a work – making the visual balance and the physical balance work convincingly together. Kinetic sculpture adds another element to the mix, movement,” Tadlock says.
“Trinity” is a wind-activated, self-righting, pivotal type kinetic work. It has three independently operating blades that move on knife-sharp edges in response to the slightest breeze.
He says, “Seeing each of the blades respond differently to the wind invites the viewer to gaze just a few more moments, maybe attempting to determine some type of programmed order existent in the work – of which, there is none.”
See it in motion on Dr. Tadlock’s website.
Tadlock has a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and received a doctorate in education from the University of Georgia. Many of his works are on permanent display throughout the Southeast, including the VI campus. He is a frequent exhibitor with numerous awards and accolades.
