DURHAM Pulling on a pair of purple gloves, curator Sarah Schroth set to assembling two small tabletop mobiles at Duke's Nasher Museum of Art. More than mere toys, they were original works by the late Alexander Calder, godfather of the mobile.
“Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy” pairs 34 master works by Calder with work by seven young artists: Martin Boyce, Nathan Carter, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Aaron Curry, Kristi Lippire, Jason Meadows and Jason Middlebrook. The ...
Editor's note: This is the first article in a special Legends and Landmarks series, "Hoboken Trilogy," about the Hoboken-based beginnings of the American art pioneers Alexander Calder, William de Kooning and Alfred Stieglitz, all recently featured in major exhibitions...
WASHINGTON, DC.-Best known for his abstract mobiles and stabiles, Alexander Calder (1898–1976) was also a prolific portraitist who created hundreds of likenesses over the course of his lifetime. An exhibition of these works is being shown at the ...
A community portal about Alexander Calder with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Alexander Calder, also known as Sandy Calder, was an American sculptor and artist most famous for inventing the mobile. In addition to mobile and stabile sculpture, Alexander Calder also created paintings, lithographs and tapestry and designed...more
A community portal about Alexander Calder with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Alexander Calder, also known as Sandy Calder, was an American sculptor and artist most famous for inventing the mobile. In addition to mobile and stabile sculpture, Alexander Calder also created paintings, lithographs and tapestry and designed carpets.