Geometric Sculpture









As a sculptor of constructive geometric forms, my work deals with patterns and relationships derived from classical ideals of balance and symmetry. Mathematical yet organic, these abstract forms invite the viewer to partake of the geometric aesthetic. I use a variety of media, including paper, wood, plastic, metal, and assemblages of common household objects.

Classical forms are pushed in new directions, so viewers can take pleasure in their Platonic beauty yet recognize how they are updated for our complex high-tech times. I share with many artists the idea that a pure form is a worthy object, and select for each piece the materials that best carry that form. In one series of pieces, familiar objects are arranged in engaging configurations, displaying an essential tension between mundane individual components and the strikingly original totality.

Because my works invite contemplation, slowly revealing their content, some viewers see them as meditation objects. A lively dancing energy moves within each piece and flows out to the viewer. The integral wholeness of each self-contained sculpture presents a crystalline purity, a conundrum of complexity, and a stark simplicity.





Recent Work by George W. Hart

Public and Corporate Artworks

University of London (2006)



(2006) Massachusettes Institute of Technology (2003)



(2003) Stony Brook University



Northport Public Library (1999)

(1999) Long Island Museum of Science and Technology (1999)

(1999) U.C. Berkeley , Dept. Computer Science, Soda Hall (1999)

, Dept. Computer Science, Soda Hall (1999) Princeton University , Mathematics Dept. common room (1998)

, Mathematics Dept. common room (1998) Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science, New Hyde Park, NY (1998)

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For background on the historical relationships between polyhedra and art, see the Polyhedra and Art section of my online Encyclopedia of Polyhedra. I also make paper polyhedron models which are more at the mathematics end of the scale than the art end. Somewhere in between, I put my "geometric constructions," which blend math and art more evenly. Finally, you might also like to look at some of my 2D computer-generated images, which are concepts for sculptures too difficult to realize physically, or some of my early plotter drawings.

If you like this stuff, here are some links to some other geometric sculptors you may like: Brent Collins, Helaman Ferguson, Robinson Fredenthal, Bathsheba Grossman, Jean-Pierre Hébert, Chris Palmer, Charles O. Perry, John Robinson, Carlo Sequin, Arthur Silverman, Ken Snelson, Simon Thomas, Keizo Ushio, Koos Verhoeff. For more, see the Bridges Conferences and the International Society for Art, Math, and Architecture.

Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, etc. George W. Hart. All rights reserved.