Alexander Calder’s amazing iconic works are displayed all over the world – from Australia to Venezuela to Sweden and beyond. This one from the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis caught my attention. Although not one of his large-scale public works it is a wonder to me. The shapes and the nature of the curves speak to me of the golden mean and the wonderful symmetry normally seen only in nature.
Mobile - Alexander Calder circa 1948 iron, paint - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
A little more about Calder from The Calder Foundation and Wikipedia. (Note: Wikipedia has a fabulous biography of Calder which I really recommend reading)
Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976), also known as Sandy Calder, was an American sculptor and artist born into a family of celebrated, though more classically trained artists. He is most famous for inventing the Mobile: by bending and twisting wire, he essentially “drew” three-dimensional figures in space, 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 large scale works grace public plazas in cities throughout the world.
I always find it interesting that articles which focus on great art get the least comments. Not sure why? Maybe everyone just enjoys the art?
Perhaps you will find that the average mind is intimidated by the magnanimity of Calder’s artistic realizations. This is undeniably a fabulous rendition of kinetic art.