Yellow gold ring designed by Pol Bury in the style of a 'kinetic sculpture' circa 1960s
House/Maker
Designed by Pol Bury (1922 - 2005)
Period
Kinetic art circa 1960s
Origin
Belgium
Setting
18ct yellow gold with French assay marks and maker's marks, signed Pol Bury and numbered
Dimensions
UK ring size I / US ring size 8
Literature
For some similar examples please see 'Twentieth Century Jewellery' by Barbara Cartlidge pp. 107
Directors Notes
As a young artist Pol Bury met and was influenced by the Surrealist René Magritte. Bury was working as a painter at the time and began to participate in Surrealist group exhibitions. He abandoned painting in 1952 to focus on sculpture and he became one of the first practitioners of 'kinetic' art in the 1960s. Bury emphasizes movement as an essential element of sculpture, stressing that his works are not complete until they are set into motion. In the late 1960s Bury began working in stainless and Cor-Ten steel, producing monumental balls that spun or rolled, columns that rotated, and planes that tilted, all elements that can be seen incorporated into this ring.
