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I.ravin*! soanVillage trustees in Hoosick Falls have given the breeze to George Rickey's windmill statute, which has stood on loan in the village's park The trustees say they no longer will appropriate annual funds to insure the art. and Rickey says he’ll take it back iAP Laserphoto)Hoosick Falls boots George Rickey artHOOSICK FALLS lt;AP - Artist George Rickey says he thinks he will take his metal windmill sculpture and go home Village trustees in this Renssalaer County village of almost 4.000 gave the sculpture the breeze Wednesday night, when they decided to stop paying a $333 annual insurance bill for the sculpture which has been on loan in a local park since 1977 The artwork, called ' Three Squares Gyratory and valued at about $60,000. consists of three metal squares which revolve in the wind It apparently had not been very popular with area residents, and carried thenickname ’ The Windmill.Rickey. 72. anationally-known artist wholives in nearby Chatham, close to the Massachusetts border, is known for his moving sculptures A piece, called Two Lines Oblique is one of the focal points of the Nelson A Rockefeller Empire State Plaza inAlbany The two long arms of the statue rotate in the brisk Hudson River breezes Rickey said he made the loan to Hoosick Falls because one shouldn't just do things for big cities ••They’re entitled tothink what they think. Rickey said I think I'll take the sculpture away It's nicer to have it go where it iswanted ”At a meeting Wednesday night, a motion to pay the insurance bill could not generate a second and Rickey said he has received a bill from the village board The board had voted, with only one trustee in opposition. to have the statue removed unless the bill is paid.Everybody has made so much fun of that thing. said Trustee Joseph Dugan, that you feel guilty voting for itMarilyn Douglas, who made the motion to pay the bill, said it was important for the village to have a work of art in its parkThe park is for green grass and pieces of art. she said
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