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.
March 13, 2010 at 9:30 am
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?