Reuben Heyday Margolin. Reuben Margolin makes wave-like sculptures that undulate, spiral, bob and dip in gloriously natural-seeming ways, driven by arrays of cogs and gears. As a kid, Margolin was into math and physics; at college, he switched to liberal arts and ended up studying painting in Italy ( Classical drawing and painting at the Charles H. Cecil Studios, Florence, 1996-1997) and Russia (Monumental painting at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, 1998). Inspired by the movement of a little green caterpillar, he began trying to capture movements of nature in sculptural form. Now, at his studio in Emeryville, California, he makes large-scale undulating installations of wood and recycled stuff. He also makes pedal-powered rickshaws and has collaborated on several large-scale pedal-powered vehicles.
Venta Micena, Spain 2003.
