Alexander Calder

Calder's work that most interests me right now is the hanging mobiles, they seem to defy gravity, and the later ones, without the motorized movement, slowly drift on air currents. This kind of sensitivity, as well as literal balance, is what i'd like to achieve in my work. There's a grace and quiet unintrusiveness to it.

Artist Biography
Alexander Calder (1898-1976), whose illustrious career spanned much of the 20th century, is the most acclaimed and influential sculptor of our time. Born in a family of celebrated, though more classically trained artists, Calder utilized his innovative genius to profoundly change the course of modern art. He began by developing a new method of sculpting: by bending and twisting wire, he essentially "drew" three-dimensional figures in space. He is renowned for the invention of the mobile, whose suspended, abstract elements move and balance in changing harmony. Calder also devoted himself to making outdoor sculpture on a grand scale from bolted sheet steel. Today, these stately titans grace public plazas in cities throughout the world.

“... describes the ecstasy of communication, the sublime realization of being just a knot in an ever-expanding flux of instant connections across the globe.”
“Ask the Dust”, Massimiliano Gioni, “Unmonumental”, Phaidon, 2007

“... stressing that the magic in his work was the ability to turn familiar objects into mysterious ones through juxtaposition.”
“The Way We Were”, Laura Hoptman, Phaidon, 2007






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