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

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

American artist Alexander Calder (1898–1976) is celebrated for revolutionizing sculpture with his renowned mobiles and stabiles, which range from the miniature to the monumental. "Calder: In Motion, The Shirley Family Collection" traces Calder's career over 45 works, highlighting his most important themes, styles, and materials from the 1920s through the 1970s while celebrating the transformative gift to SAM from patrons Jon and Kim Shirley. Experience the unique vision of a modern artist who le

Alone in a tower filled with the world’s largest display of sculptures by Alexander Calder. ✨ In this room filled with moving sculptures by Calder, giant mobiles are suspended in the sky. They turn and dance as you cohabit their space. One of the most extraordinary things about these deceptively gravity-defying objects is that they are supported by a force the size of your thumbnail: a tiny hook. In the mid-1930s, in addition to developing his classic mobiles, Calder began to explore the concept

Experience Calder's exuberant art, from early wire works to jewelry, mobiles, and monumental sculptures. | MoMA The Museum of Modern Art