This exhibition catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition, Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, September 21, 2018 to February 24, 2019, and The National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, April 5 to August 4, 2019. Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239).
Contents:
Balancing Permanence and Change for Calder's Performative and Outdoor Artworks / Abigail Mack. Alexander Calder and the Case for Radical Invention / Elizabeth Hutton Turner -- Calder: From Engineering to Lyrical Invention / W. Bernard Carlson -- Realism in Calder's 'Circus' / Eleonora Nagy -- Dazzling Reflections: Calder's Translatlantic Circus / Pascal Jacob -- Calder and the Solar Eclipse: Breakthroughs in Astronomy, Physics, and Art / Vanja V. Malloy -- Alexander Calder and Marcel Duchamp: A four-dimensional friendship / Linda Dalrymple Henderson -- Forms of Time: Photographing Calder / Claire Raymond, with Claire Hurley -- Sculpture and Architecture: Building Calder's Global Network / Emily Caplan Reed -- Alexander Calder's Industrial Revolution / Alex J. Taylor -- Calder's Man and His World / Anne Grace -- Balancing Permanence and Change for Calder's Performative and Outdoor Artworks / Abigail Mack.
Summary:
American artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976) created a "new line" that was not simply an evolution of forms and styles. From the start, it was clear to all who witnessed him at work that he was doing something radically new. This book, published to accompany a major exhibition, shows how Calder's work emerged from expectations of change in American popular culture. Twelve essays from major contributors explore how Calder, among the first college-trained artists, found techniques and inspiration in many disciplines and their development, including technology, engineering, architecture, physics, and astronomy. All these contributed to the development of his wire sculptures, mobiles, and stabiles, including his famous Circus. Superb photographs of more than 100 works and comparative illustrations guide readers through this innovative and unique path.--from Amazon.com "Alexander Calder made sculpture move and forged a practice in dialogue with the world in motion and the motion in things. Calder's probing mind, love of materials and penchant for invention equipped him to discard the traditional artistic hierarchies and construct his own art of postulates for the behaviour of art based on enw scientific precepts of reality to arrive at 'a new possibility of beauty.' This publication accompanies 'Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor,' an exhibition organized and toured by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in collaboration with the Calder Foundation." --publisher's description, lower cover.
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