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

One of Calder’s earliest motorized mobiles, Two Spheres debuted at Julien Levy Gallery, New York, in 1932. On this day, which also marked the close of the show, Calder demonstrated the motion in his sculpture for a group of reporters. “This has no utility and no meaning,” Calder explained. “It is simply beautiful. It has a great emotional effect if you understand it. Of course if it meant anything it would be easier to understand, but it would not be worthwhile.” For more information: https://ti

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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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