Or two further steel semicircles are
arranged one over the other so that one
is the reverse image of the other. The
center of gravity of each individual
element is shifted by the other, creating
a new moment of equilibrium and a
common center of gravity.

 

Gezeiten I 1977
(Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen)

The examples could go on.

 

Jan Meyer-Rogge’s constructions do not evolve
from an audacious drive to invent forms that
follow their own rules, new and artificial
structures that defy the laws of the universe
and the course of nature. His works comply
with natural laws and energies and even serve
to demonstrate those laws by articulating their
impact in the state and balance of forms.