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Alexander Calder - Wikipedia Alexander " Sandy " Calder ( ˈkɔːldər ; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures [1]
Calder Foundation The Calder Foundation is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, preserving, and interpreting the art and archives of Alexander Calder
Calder Gardens | Homepage Calder Gardens in Philadelphia unites the art of Alexander Calder with nature and architecture, creating an oasis for introspection and connection
Alexander Calder | Biography, Sculpture, Mobiles, Stabiles - Britannica Alexander Calder (born July 22 or August 22, 1898, Lawnton, Pennsylvania, U S —died November 11, 1976, New York, New York) was an American artist best known for his innovation of the mobile suspended sheet metal and wire assemblies that are activated in space by air currents
Alexander Calder | Mobile | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Indeed, it was the French artist Marcel Duchamp who christened Calder's hanging sculptures "mobiles " For works such as this one, Calder cut sheet metal into various shapes and assembled these elements in a chain-linked system so that the flat metal pieces move in response to currents of air
An Eye for Art - Playing with Space - Alexander Calder Calder made imaginative, miniature circus animals and performers similar to the toys he invented as a child He then created a whole circus, complete with balancing acrobats and a roaring lion, and he put on performances for his friends
Alexander Calder - MoMA “One of Calder’s objects is like the sea,” wrote the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, “always beginning over again, always new ” Alexander Calder conceived of sculpture as an experiment in space and motion
Introduction - Calder Foundation Fashioned from wire, leather, cloth, and other found materials, Cirque Calder was designed to be manipulated manually by Calder Every piece was small enough to be packed into a large trunk, enabling the artist to carry it with him and hold performances anywhere
Alexander Calder · SFMOMA Alexander Calder is best known for his hanging mobiles Born into a family of artists, Calder committed to a career in art in his mid-20s and traveled frequently in the subsequent years between New York and Paris, where he befriended members of the international avant-garde