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The man who put the swing into sculpture nbsp When the final tally of key movers in the plastic arts of this century is compiled there is no doubt that maestro of movement Alexander Calder 18981976 the man who put the swing into sculpture will be near numero uno Calder took it off the plinth gave it to the wind and left us kinetic playgrounds of the spirit He operated at the point where Modernity and nature fused developing an environmental art that changed the medium forever Visiting his Paris atelier in 1932 Duchamp coined the term Mobiles for Calders delicate wire and disc pieces constructions that would soon become immensely popular But he didnt rest on his innovations Friends with Miro Mondrian and Leger Calder also turned his hand to painting drawing gouaches toys textiles and utensil design A graphic master who sketched as much in air as in ink the Sixties and Seventies saw Calder take on the monumental translating the dynamics of cities into both his Mobiles and Stabiles At a time when sculpture was perceived to be the antithesis of movement Calder unmade gravity and freed the elements in a body of work that is still sending a wind of change through the art world today nbsp About the Series Each book in TASCHENs Basic Art Series features a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 colour illustrations with explanatory captions
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This handsome book presents more than two hundred innovative works by the Alexander Calder who was the first to combine movement and sculpture Based on family archives it provides an overview of Calders entire career The book is the first to place the artist in a serious light and proper historical contextCatalogue of a major centenary exhibit that opens at the National Gallery of Art Washington DC and then travels to the San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtCopublished with the National Gallery of Art Washington DC
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The striking mobile sculptures of Alexander Calder are among the most notable and original creations of twentiethcentury art Combining for the first time movement and sculpture these works represent a new and highly influential departure from the practices of the past Yet Calders work ranges much more widely This lavishly illustrated book reflects the full diversity of Calders oeuvre and explores an outstanding selection of more than two hundred of his worksBased on access to family archives an overview of Calders entire career and contributions from the artists grandson Alexander S C Rower this book for the first time presents the artist in a serious light and proper historical contextWithout ignoring the playful and whimsical dimension of his work the book emphasizes Calders role as one of the great formal innovators of the century Each work of art selected from those produced during his prolific career is reproduced here in color and is accompanied by compar
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Published to accompany an exhibition at the Musée national PicassoParis produced in partnership with the Calder Foundation and Fundacíon Almine y Bernard RuizPicasso para el Arte Calder Picasso explores the uses of negative or empty space in the work of Alexander Calder 18981976 and Pablo Picasso 18811973 both in their resonances and their differences With a focus on figurative as well as abstract themes the exhibition links some 150 artworks by both artists via a thematic lens of voidasmatrix and the corollary proposition that confrontation with the void is a fundamental aspect of 20thcentury modernismThese works are interpreted objectively as well as metaphorically using the void as a prism through which to analyze the conceptual and formal tensions both artists deploy as a means to place the direct and personal experience of the spectator at the very heart of their work The catalog maps the tangible traces of a relationship between these two men their points in common their encounters their collaborations and the sometimes extreme confrontation posed in their works through the use of obscure or even illusory perspectives it includes numerous major texts on these topics by respected specialists
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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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Celebrated for mobiles and stabiles that enliven city squares and museums around the world Alexander Calder 18981976 is not widely recognized as a portraitist Throughout his career however Calder created portraits of a wide variety of subjects wellknown entertainment and political figures sports stars artist friends family members and himself Some of these portraits are traditional likenesses in oil on canvas or ink on paper but most explore new conceptions of form and identity in the medium of sculpture Executed over a fiftyyear period from the early 1920s to the 1970s Calders portraits reveal a real talent for portraiture for encapsulating individual character traits in both representational and abstract art and in two and three dimensions Calder recorded his friendships in a remarkably vivid and generous way Through his relationship with his subjects he continually defined and redefined himself and his oeuvre in the genre of portraiture became a life narrative
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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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Published to accompany an exhibition at the Musée national PicassoParis produced in partnership with the Calder Foundation and Fundacíon Almine y Bernard RuizPicasso para el Arte Calder Picasso explores the uses of negative or empty space in the work of Alexander Calder 18981976 and Pablo Picasso 18811973 both in their resonances and their differences With a focus on figurative as well as abstract themes the exhibition links some 150 artworks by both artists via a thematic lens of voidasmatrix and the corollary proposition that confrontation with the void is a fundamental aspect of 20thcentury modernismThese works are interpreted objectively as well as metaphorically using the void as a prism through which to analyze the conceptual and formal tensions both artists deploy as a means to place the direct and personal experience of the spectator at the very heart of their work The catalog maps the tangible traces of a relationship between these two men their points in common their encounters their collaborations and the sometimes extreme confrontation posed in their works through the use of obscure or even illusory perspectives it includes numerous major texts on these topics by respected specialists
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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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When the final tally of key movers in the plastic arts of this century is compiled there is no doubt that maestro of movement Alexander Calder 18981976 the man who put the swing into sculpture will be near numero uno Calder took it off the plinth gave it to the wind and left us kinetic playgrounds of the spirit He operated at the point where Modernity and nature fused developing an environmental art that changed the medium forever Visiting his Paris atelier in 1932 Duchamp coined the term Mobiles for Calders delicate wire and disc pieces constructions that would soon become immensely popular But he didnt rest on his innovations Friends with Miro Mondrian and Leger Calder also turned his hand to painting drawing gouaches toys textiles and utensil design A graphic master who sketched as much in air as in ink the Sixties and Seventies saw Calder take on the monumental translating the dynamics of cities into both his Mobiles and Stabiles At a time when sculpture was perceived to be the antithesis of movement Calder unmade gravity and freed the elements in a body of work that is still sending a wind of change through the art world today Source httpwwwdailyiconnet200904bookscalder18981976
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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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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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