Synopses & Reviews
Alexander Calder is one of the most importantand#8212;and most popularand#8212;American artists of the twentieth century. This lavishly illustrated volume accompanies an exhibit at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Dand#252;sseldorf that focuses on Calderand#8217;s works of the 1930s and and#8217;40s, a period in which the sculptor experimented with a number of wildly different artistic directions.and#160;In addition to showcasing a large number of Calderand#8217;s early abstract sculptures, this book also presents key works by his contemporaries, artists such as Piet Mondrian, Joan Mirand#243;, and Jean Arp. By setting Calderand#8217;s 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 full-page images of Calderand#8217;s iconic mobiles and stabiles give a rare sense of Calderand#8217;s often playful use of space, and enable readers to study his work in detail. An accompanying DVD includes historical and experimental films, avant-garde music, interviews, and a walk through the exhibition, bringing the whole of Calderand#8217;s achievement to life in unprecedented fashion.
Review
andldquo;Calder brought playful motion to high art: primary colors hanging in the balance of that kinetic object of infancy, the mobile. [Alexander Calder: Avant-Garde in Motion] celebrates the achievements of this American master with new insight and photos of the man at work.andrdquo;
Synopsis
A complete book on Calder's works, paintings, jewellery and his huge sculptures.
Synopsis
o A complete book on Calder's works, paintings, jewelry and his huge sculptures o Accompanies the Palazzo delle Esposizioni exhibition 23 October 2009 to 14 February 2010 in Rome, twenty-five years after the last exhibition in Italy devoted to this American artist A beautiful monograph on the work of Alexander Calder, one of the most celebrated and influential sculptors of our times, whose illustrious career spanned the twentieth century. Famous for his new method of sculpting, which entailed curving and twisting iron wire, he designed tri-dimensional figures in space: these were suspended and abstract elements that moved to then regain balance while changing harmony (so-called mobiles). The first mobile was made in 1931 after the artist's encounter with Mondrian.
About the Author
Marion Ackermann is a German art historian and director of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Susanne Meyer-Banduuml;ser is a curator at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Marion Ackermann
Foreword
Alexander S. C. Rower
Works
Avant-Garde in Motion
Susanne Meyer-Band#252;ser
Calder and Sound
Gryphon Rue Rower-Upjohn
Play Objects: Theatricality in the Work of Alexander Calder
Daniela Hahn
Chronology
Imprint
Photo Credits