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1. news.artnet.com › art-world › see-iside-alexanderAlexander Calder’s Complete Archive Is Now Entirely Online ...

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   Mar 12, 2021 · Alexander Calder’s Complete Archive Is Now Entirely Online—Discover Some of the Rare Photos, Sketches, and Ephemera Here. Click through the newly unveiled research archive before seeing MoMA’s ambitious new Calder show. Les Masques (1970).

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2. www.christies.com › en › stories10 things to know about Alexander Calder - Christie's

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   Oct 18, 2023 · An introduction to artist Alexander Calder, the American great who began ‘drawing in space’ before so memorably inventing the mobile

3. www.artsy.net › article › artsy-editorialUnderstanding Alexander Calder through 6 Pivotal Artworks

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   Jan 8, 2018 · Indeed, many of his early works foreshadow the large-scale masterpieces for which the artist is best known today—a progression charted by art critic Jed Perl in his newly published biography Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years: 1898–1940.

4. www.cnn.com › style › articleA Family affair: Sculptor Alexander Calder’s moving legacy

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   Feb 19, 2016 · Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture at the Tate Modern looks at his life's work . The Calder Prize: 2005-2015 at Pace London brings together young artists who channel the artist's spirit...

5. www.theartnewspaper.com › 2021/02/19 › alexanderAlexander Calder's expansive archive goes digital

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   Feb 19, 2021 · A new platform launched by the Calder Foundations features thousands of artworks, photographs, archival documents and publications. Gabriella Angeleti. 19 February 2021. Calder with Old Bull...

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6. www.moma.org › calendar › exhibitionsAlexander Calder: Modern from the Start - MoMA

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   Mar 14, 2021 · Alexander Calder reimagined sculpture as an experiment in space and motion, upending centuries-old notions that sculpture should be static, grounded, and dense by making artworks that often move freely and interact with their surroundings. “One of Calder’s objects is like the sea,” wrote the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, “always ...

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   When did Alexander Calder get a retrospective?

   • In September 1943, when Calder was just 45 years old, MoMA presented Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions, a career survey of the artist’s work which made him the youngest artist at that point to have been given a retrospective.

   10 things to know about Alexander Calder - Christie's

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   Did Alexander Calder ever get published?

   • “This fascinating document has never been exhibited or published, at least until ‘Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start.’ Calder Foundation president Alexander S.C. Rower has written an essay about it for the catalogue.

   Alexander Calder’s Complete Archive Is Now Entirely Online—Discover

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   Why did Alexander Calder reimagine sculpture?

   • An error occurred while retrieving sharing information. Please try again later. Alexander Calder reimagined sculpture as an experiment in space and motion, upending centuries-old notions that sculpture should be static, grounded, and dense by making artworks that often move freely and interact with their surroundings.

   Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start - MoMA

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   How many Calder paintings are there?

   • Calder Foundation president Alexander S.C. Rower has written an essay about it for the catalogue. Calder made it in 1943, likely in the wake of a conversation with curator James Johnson Sweeney about his forthcoming retrospective at MoMA. Of the 48 works depicted, 32 of them ended up in the show.

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   Why is Calder exhibiting at the Museum of Modern Art?

   • Calder’s ever-changing artworks invite a viewer’s sustained attention; and The Museum of Modern Art has provided a setting for this productive exchange ever since his work was first exhibited here in 1930, just months after the Museum opened its doors. This exhibition looks at Calder’s work through the lens of this connection.

   Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start - MoMA

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   What was Calder's first sculpture?

   • According to Rower, the shift began with works such as Steel Fish (Calder’s first welded outdoor sculpture) and Devil Fish (one of his earliest stabiles, or large-scale stationary sculptures).

   Understanding Alexander Calder through 6 Pivotal Artworks

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8. www.nga.gov › collection › artist-infoAlexander Calder - National Gallery of Art

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   After 1950 Calder spent part of each year in France. In addition to the monumental sculptures that can be seen in the United States and Europe, Calder applied his whimsical and lyrical sense of design to media as diverse as metal jewelry and theater sets.