Whoville Sculpture By George Hart

Year:

Medium:

Aluminum Sculpture

Size - (USA):

35 W x 35 H x 35 D (inches)

Size - (metric):

88.9 W x 88.9 H x 88.9 D (centimeters)

Theme:

Geometric

Edition:

Original

Artwork ID:

248224

PDF Copy:

Artwork Info Sheet (PDF)

Artwork Description:

Whoville can be seen as 60 identical "doorways" passing through each other. It is assembled with rivets and has a brushed surface finish. I wanted to create a sense of confused ups and downs, after Escher, in a self-contained form. The name derives from Dr. Seuss' stories about Whoville. As I worked, I recognized the curve I made was similar to his doorways. The form derives from an icosahedron and dodecahedron in mutually dual position, which would lie in the empty central region of the sculpture. The five-fold dimples correspond to the vertices of the icosahedron and the three-fold dimples (in the "basements" of the three-sided buildings) correspond to the vertices of the dodecahedron. The lines of the sculpture extend or parallel the edges of these polyhedra. The rectangular form of each doorway was chosen to be a golden rectangle and the triangles chosen to create parallel planes.

Artwork Keywords:   Original Sculpture

Materials:   Aluminum Sculptures