Calder: 1898-1976
ISBN-13:
9783822876428
ISBN-10:
3822876429
Author:
Jacob Baal-Teshuva
Publication date:
1998
Publisher:
Taschen America Llc
Format:
Paperback
95 pages
Category:
Arts Collections
,
Appreciation
,
Sculpture
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ISBN-13:
9783822876428
ISBN-10:
3822876429
Author:
Jacob Baal-Teshuva
Publication date:
1998
Publisher:
Taschen America Llc
Format:
Paperback
95 pages
Category:
Arts Collections
,
Appreciation
,
Sculpture
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Calder: 1898-1976 (ISBN-13: 9783822876428 and ISBN-10: 3822876429), written by authors
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The man who put the swing into sculpture When the final tally of key movers in the plastic arts of this century is compiled, there is no doubt that maestro of movement Alexander Calder (1898-1976), the man who put the swing into sculpture, will be near numero uno. Calder took it off the plinth, gave it to the wind, and left us kinetic playgrounds of the spirit. He operated at the point where Modernity and nature fused, developing an environmental art that changed the medium forever. Visiting his Paris atelier in 1932, Duchamp coined the term "Mobiles" for Calder`s delicate wire and disc pieces, constructions that would soon become immensely popular.
But he didn’t rest on his innovations. Friends with Miro, Mondrian and Leger, Calder also turned his hand to painting, drawing, gouaches, toys, textiles and utensil design. A graphic master who sketched as much in air as in ink, the Sixties and Seventies saw Calder take on the monumental, translating the dynamics of cities into both his Mobiles and "Stabiles". At a time when sculpture was perceived to be the antithesis of movement, Calder unmade gravity and freed the elements in a body of work that is still sending a wind of change through the art world today. About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art Series features:
But he didn’t rest on his innovations. Friends with Miro, Mondrian and Leger, Calder also turned his hand to painting, drawing, gouaches, toys, textiles and utensil design. A graphic master who sketched as much in air as in ink, the Sixties and Seventies saw Calder take on the monumental, translating the dynamics of cities into both his Mobiles and "Stabiles". At a time when sculpture was perceived to be the antithesis of movement, Calder unmade gravity and freed the elements in a body of work that is still sending a wind of change through the art world today. About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art Series features:
- a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance
- a concise biography
- approximately 100 colour illustrations with explanatory captions
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