In the early 1930s, Alexander Calder’s mobiles provided a dynamic, new experience of sculpture that incorporated movement, activating their architectural settings and inviting viewers’ engagement. French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre, once wrote that a Calder mobile is “a pure stream of movement in the same way as there are pure streams of light.” In this video, the High’s Frances B. Bunzl Family Curator of European Art, Claudia Einecke, talks about this amazing work of art and gives a
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In the early 1930s, Alexander Calder’s mobiles provided a dynamic, new experience of sculpture that incorporated movement, activating their architectural settings and inviting viewers’ engagement. French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre, once wrote that a Calder mobile is “a pure stream of movement in the same way as there are pure streams of light.” In this video, the High’s Frances B. Bunzl Family Curator of European Art, Claudia Einecke, talks about this amazing work of art and gives a
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Alexander Calder's kinetic mobiles have fun with art | Full Documentary | American Masters | PBS
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Alexander Calder's kinetic mobiles have fun with art | Full Documentary | American Masters | PBS
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Voir les mobiles d'Alexander Calder en mouvement c'est possible : 1. des mises en mouvement de mobiles vous sont offertes chaque jour de l’exposition à 14 h, jusqu’au 24 février! 2. les courants d'air ambiants peuvent parfois les faire bouger très subtilement, il suffit d'observer attentivement. Faites-vite l'exposition se termine dans deux semaines! http://bit.ly/CalderMBAM - See Alexander Calder’s mobiles in motion: 1. the works are set in motion every day of the exhibition at 2 p.m., until Fe
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Voir les mobiles d'Alexander Calder en mouvement c'est possible : 1. des mises en mouvement de mobiles vous sont offertes chaque jour de l’exposition à 14 h, jusqu’au 24 février! 2. les courants d'air ambiants peuvent parfois les faire bouger très subtilement, il suffit d'observer attentivement. Faites-vite l'exposition se termine dans deux semaines! http://bit.ly/CalderMBAM - See Alexander Calder’s mobiles in motion: 1. the works are set in motion every day of the exhibition at 2 p.m., until Fe
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How Alexander Calder's "Mobile" injects motion into sculpture | Art, Explained
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How Alexander Calder's "Mobile" injects motion into sculpture | Art, Explained
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A short film about the mobiles of artist Alexander Calder
A short film about the mobiles of artist Alexander Calder
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Calder’s Kinetic Revolution in Sculpture
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Calder’s Kinetic Revolution in Sculpture
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hr Retro | Abendschau : Mobiles von Alexander Calder in der Städelschule
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hr Retro | Abendschau : Mobiles von Alexander Calder in der Städelschule
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Step into Alexander Calder's inventive world, from early wire sculptures to mobiles in motion. __ © 2021 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York | MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
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Experiencing Calder’s mobiles firsthand is the only way to fully comprehend their multisensory brilliance, but this footage of Black Mobile with Hole in motion is an apt substitute. Unlike a photograph, the clip reveals how the sculpture carves new forms by way of its movements. As Sartre wrote in 1946, “These hesitations and resumptions, gropings and fumblings, sudden decisions, and, most especially, marvellous swan-like nobility make Calder’s mobiles strange creatures, mid-way between matter a
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In a 1937 essay titled Mobiles, Calder writes about the role of electric motors in his early moving sculptures. “With a mechanical drive, you can control the thing like the choreography in a ballet and superimpose various movements: a great number, even, by means of cams and other mechanical devices,” he writes. “To combine one or two simple movements with different periods, however, really gives the finest effect, because while simple, they are capable of infinite combinations.” While Calder la
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Experience Calder's exuberant art, from early wire works to jewelry, mobiles, and monumental sculptures. | MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
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A panoply of mobiles intermingle in Calder’s studio, two-part bronzes twist on the beach, and a standing mobile flutters against the sky in Works of Calder, a twenty-min | Calder Foundation
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Before the 'mobile' was synonymous with cot decorations for babies, it was a radical new form of sculpture - pioneered by American artist Alexander Calder in the 1930s. | ABC Arts
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