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à lâoccasion de la premiÃre exposition en Touraine depuis la disparition dâAlexandre Calder un ensemble dâÅuvres pour la plupart inÃdites sont rÃunies au ChÃteau de Tours Il sâagit dâÅuvres rÃalisÃes durant les annÃes quâil a passà en Touraine de son installation Ãnbsp Sachà en aoÃt 1953 jusquâÃnbsp sa mort en novembre 1976 Ce catalogue rÃunit un ensemble de textes qui tÃmoignent de la vie de Calder rÃdigÃs par des personnes qui lâont bien connu Il contient un grand nombre de documents inÃdits dont des photographies rÃalisÃes par ses amis proches professionnels ou amateurs qui ont mis en Ãvidence la vie quotidienne de lâartiste mais Ãgalement lâhomme le citoyen de Sachà Cet ensemble documentaire enrichit la connaissance sur cet artiste majeur du XXe siÃcle Câest lâoccasion de dÃcouvrir un autre aspect de son Åuvre Surtout connu pour ses mobiles et stabiles disposÃs Ãnbsp travers le monde Alexandre Calder possÃdait un immense talent de peintre que vous contemplerez Ãnbsp travers ses fabuleuses gouaches ses rares dessins ses incroyables lithographies mais aussi les livres illustrÃs Ce catalogue met en Ãvidence lâimportance de Calder pour la Touraine mais Ãgalement lâimportance de la Touraine pour Calder
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à lâoccasion de la premiÃre exposition en Touraine depuis la disparition dâAlexandre Calder un ensemble dâÅuvres pour la plupart inÃdites sont rÃunies au ChÃteau de Tours Il sâagit dâÅuvres rÃalisÃes durant les annÃes quâil a passà en Touraine de son installation Ãnbsp Sachà en aoÃt 1953 jusquâÃnbsp sa mort en novembre 1976 Ce catalogue rÃunit un ensemble de textes qui tÃmoignent de la vie de Calder rÃdigÃs par des personnes qui lâont bien connu Il contient un grand nombre de documents inÃdits dont des photographies rÃalisÃes par ses amis proches professionnels ou amateurs qui ont mis en Ãvidence la vie quotidienne de lâartiste mais Ãgalement lâhomme le citoyen de Sachà Cet ensemble documentaire enrichit la connaissance sur cet artiste majeur du XXe siÃcle Câest lâoccasion de dÃcouvrir un autre aspect de son Åuvre Surtout connu pour ses mobiles et stabiles disposÃs Ãnbsp travers le monde Alexandre Calder possÃdait un immense talent de peintre que vous contemplerez Ãnbsp travers ses fabuleuses gouaches ses rares dessins ses incroyables lithographies mais aussi les livres illustrÃs Ce catalogue met en Ãvidence lâimportance de Calder pour la Touraine mais Ãgalement lâimportance de la Touraine pour Calder
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art sold for 39.5 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Alexander Calder 1898 1976 Catalogue sold for 34.49 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
Illustré de 147 photographies légendées en couleurs et noir et blanc sur papier couché Texte en français 224 p 1 kg 100 gr
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An insightful new look at one of the 20th centurys most celebrated artistic visionaries Alexander Calder 18981976 is one of modernisms most captivating and influential figures First trained as a mechanical engineer Calder relocated from New York to Paris in the midtwenties where his acceptance into the citys burgeoning avantgarde circles coincided with the development of his characteristic form of kinetic sculpture His early work Cirque Calder which was presented throughout Paris to great acclaim prefigures the performance and theatrical aspects that dominate Calders pioneering artistic works and are situated as a primary subject of intrigue in this publication nbsp Rather than simply refashion sculptures traditional forms Calder envisioned entirely new possibilities for the medium and transformed its static nature into something dynamic and responsive Alexander Calder Performing Sculpture provides detailed insight into that pioneering process through reproductions of personal drawings and notes Also featured is new research from a wide range of renowned scholars furthering our understanding of the remarkable depth of Calders beloved mobile sculptures and entrenching his status as an icon of modernismnbsp
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First edition Softcover 24 pages Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 21 1992 through January 31 1993 Features a foreword by Kevin E Consey and an essay by Lynne Warren Includes numerous color illustrations A clean near fine copy in stapled wrappers
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First edition 1989 Very good oversize trade paperback Straight secure spine and clean interiors Minor wear to top corner Includes fold out brochure for attending the exhibit
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Multum in Parvo highlights the complex relationship between scale and size in the oeuvre of Alexander Calder 18981976 over a period of more than 30 yearsAs its titletranslating to much in littleimplies the volume features over 40 rare smallscale sculptures ranging from the size of a thumb to 30 inches tall all of which feature the same physical qualities as Calders largest mobiles in the most miniature of detailIn addition to archival material installation photography of the sculptures in the environment designed for them by architects Santiago and Gabriel Calatrava and original architectural sketches the book also includes commissioned essays by Jed Perl art historian and author currently at work on the first fulllength biography of Alexander Calder and Paul Goldberger Pulitzer Prizewinning architecture critic as well as poems by Karl Shapiro and John Updike
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Alexander Calder 1898 1976 is widely considered to be one of the most important American sculptors of the 20th century He is best known for his colorful whimsical abstract public sculptures and his innovative mobiles kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents which embraced chance in their aesthetic Born into a family of accomplished artists Calders work first gained attention in Paris in the 1930s and was soon championed by the Museum of Modern Art in New York resulting in a retrospective exhibition in 1943 Calders work is in many permanent collections most notably in the Whitney Museum of American Art but also the Guggenheim Museum the Museum of Modern Art the National Gallery of Art Washington DC and the Centre Georges Pompidou Although primarily known for his sculpture Calder was a prodigious artist with a restless creative spirit whose diverse practice included painting and printmaking miniatures such as his famous Cirque Calder childrens book illustrations theater set design jewelry design tapestries and rugs and political posters In addition to sculptures Calder painted throughout his career beginning in the early 1920s His many projects from this period include penandink line drawings of animals for a 1931 publication of Aesops fables As Calders sculpture moved into the realm of pure abstraction in the early 1930s so did his prints The thin lines used to define figures in the earlier prints and drawings began delineating groups of geometric shapes often in motion Calder also used prints for advocacy as in poster prints from 1967 and 1969 protesting the Vietnam War This book is from an exhibit entitled WILD WORK ANIMALS DRAWINGS BY ALEXANDER CALDER first held at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Wyoming from June 3 October 24 2004
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Venezia Magazzino del Sale 6 maggio 18 ottobre 2015 A cura di Germano Celant Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova cm245x285 pp154 Milano Skira cm245x285 pp154 brossura copertina figurata
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In 1942 at the opening of her Art of This Century gallery Peggy Guggenheim famously demonstrated her equability toward both Surrealist and abstract art by wearing one earring made by Surrealist painter Yves Tanguy and one by abstract sculptor and kinetic artist Alexander Calder Yet the opposition implied by this act of trucemaking perhaps overstates the antimonies between these two modernist masters Tanguy and Calder shared many friends in Surrealist circles in Paris and showed work in the same exhibitions throughout the middle of the century In this beautiful volume full of color reproductions and important ephemera relating to the artists shared history Susan Davidson Senior Curator of collections and exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum in New York elucidates the overlap between these two canonical modernists
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Une rétrospective composée dune centaine doeuvres dédiée au sculpteur américain et au caractère novateur de son art contre la sculpture traditionnelle Douze essais explorent les sources dinspiration de lartiste ainsi que les techniques dont il usa dans de nombreuses disciplines
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Alexander Calder is one of the most importantand most popularAmerican artists of the twentieth century This lavishly illustrated volume accompanies an exhibit at the Kunstsammlung NordrheinWestfalen in Düsseldorf that focuses on Calders works of the 1930s and 40s a period in which the sculptor experimented with a number of wildly different artistic directionsnbspIn addition to showcasing a large number of Calders early abstract sculptures this book also presents key works by his contemporaries artists such as Piet Mondrian Joan Miró and Jean Arp By setting Calders work alongside that of other artists the volume establishes not only lines of influence and differentiation but also the larger context in which he created his sculptures Beautiful fullpage images of Calders iconic mobiles and stabiles give a rare sense of Calders often playful use of space and enable readers to study his work in detail An accompanying DVD includes historical and experimental films avantgarde music interviews and a walk through the exhibition bringing the whole of Calders achievement to life in unprecedented fashion
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Examines the life and work of the twentiethcentury artist Alexander Calder famous for creating the moving sculptures known as mobiles
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Alexander Calder 18981976 was a radical inventor an artist who discarded convention and disrupted hierarchies overturning the traditional basis of culture while revolutionizing the way people perceive and interact with art Calders new line was not simply an evolution of forms and styles From the start it was quite clear to all who witnessed him at work that in his way of drawing attention and gaining notoriety he was doing something radically new This catalogue shows how Calders work emerged from expectations of change in American popular culture Calder who was initially attracted by the structure and functions of the circus looked for alternative models to triumph over respectability public decorum and the ambitions of industry The catalogue with twelve essays from major contributors will examine how Calder among the first collegetrained artists found techniques and inspiration in many disciplines and their development technology engineering architecture physics and astronomy among others All these contributed to the development of his wire sculptures mobiles and stabiles More than 100 works and comparative illustrations will guide the reader through this innovative and unique path
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Multum in Parvo highlights the complex relationship between scale and size in the oeuvre of Alexander Calder 18981976 over a period of more than 30 yearsAs its titletranslating to much in littleimplies the volume features over 40 rare smallscale sculptures ranging from the size of a thumb to 30 inches tall all of which feature the same physical qualities as Calders largest mobiles in the most miniature of detailIn addition to archival material installation photography of the sculptures in the environment designed for them by architects Santiago and Gabriel Calatrava and original architectural sketches the book also includes commissioned essays by Jed Perl art historian and author currently at work on the first fulllength biography of Alexander Calder and Paul Goldberger Pulitzer Prizewinning architecture critic as well as poems by Karl Shapiro and John Updike
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Une rétrospective composée dune centaine doeuvres dédiée au sculpteur américain et au caractère novateur de son art contre la sculpture traditionnelle Douze essais explorent les sources dinspiration de lartiste ainsi que les techniques dont il usa dans de nombreuses disciplines
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In 1926 Alexander Calder 1898 1976 moved from New York to Paris and began to use time and motion as materials for animating line and space Calders years in Paris an understudied part of the artists career is the focus of this marvelous publicationnbspA team of international scholars discusses Calders many innovations of this period chief among them his abstract motorized and mobile works They analyze the extended cast of Calders animated Circus made in Paris between 1926 and 1931 and include previously unpublished photographs by Brassaï and Kertesz of Calder and this beloved performative sculpture The essays critically explore the intellectual cultural and artisticnbspmilieu of Paris in the late 1920s andnbspearly 1930s and the contexts of Calders friendships with Miró Mondrian Duchamp and Man Ray among others What emerges in this fascinating book is a nuanced and detailed understanding of how Calders distinctivenbspcareer first took flightnbsp
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This memoir was written about Americas greatest artist Alexander Calder and his whole family of artists by his only sibling Margaret Calder Hayes This is a touching and enriching story of how artistic talent was encouraged and fostered within the Calder family Peggy Hayes wrote this book while in her 80s She reflects on the important aspects of her life with brother Sandy her father Alexander Sterling Calder and mother Nanette Lederer Calder a talented artist in her own right and her grandfather Alexander Milne Calder As an octogenarian her perspective is expecially valuable
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This study now published in paperback provides the most complete scholarly account yet published of the life and work of Alexander Calder The son and grandson of acclaimed public sculptors Calder was trained as an engineer Working in Europe during the 1920s he was exposed to a range of avantgarde art including Cubism Dada and Surrealism Constructivism and works created at the Bauhaus These sources together with Calders abiding interest in American folk art were fundamental to the evolution of his wood and wire sculptures which fundamentally challenged the principles of Western sculpture established in antiquity Calders creation of the mobile and stabile two forms of sculpture that are synonymous with modernism is also analysed in detail Including a new plate section and 170 halftones many published here for the first time Marters book is an absorbing study of Calders special contribution to twentiethcentury art and culture
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