- 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
- 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
- Calder Gardens | Art and Nature in Philadelphia
Explore the Alexander Calder's artworks in a spectacular garden setting Discover an oasis for introspection and connection
- Alexander Calder Sculptures, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory
Many artists made contour line drawings on paper, but Calder was the first to use wire to create three-dimensional line "drawings" of people, animals, and objects These "drawings in space" introduced line into sculpture as an element unto itself
- 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
- Alexander Calder - National Gallery of Art
Alexander Calder is perhaps best known for his large, colorful sculpture, which incorporates elements of humor and chance into uniquely engineered structures Calder was born outside of Philadelphia to a successful, artistic family
- Calder’s Circus Is for Everyone - Hyperallergic
The Whitney’s 100th anniversary exhibition of Alexander Calder’s sculpted circus shows an artist at play, and creates a fantastical world
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