#calder mobile

[philamuseum]

Happy birthday to Alexander Calder, who was born on this day in 1898. Calder's mobiles are among the most often imitated works of art of the twentieth century and yet remain the most singular. Coined by Marcel Duchamp for Calder’s objects in 1931, the term “mobile” is a pun in French meaning both “motion" and “motive."  

Time-lapse of “Ghost,” 1964, by Alexander Calder © 2019 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 

[museum-outlets]

Unique and Interesting . . . Calder Mobile Earrings. The meaning of the term "mobile" as applied to sculpture has evolved since it was first suggested by Marcel Duchamp in 1931 to describe the early, mechanized creations of Alexander Calder. At this point, "mobile" was synonymous with the term "kinetic art", describing sculptural works in which motion is a defining property. Finish: Solid brass, giclee print, ear wires are hypo-allergenic Dimensions: Hang approx. 2"

[pilatesembodiedx]

[randyjhunt]

Orbital Mobile in all Black. by comometalworks () http://ift.tt/1vMo1Ne

[pacegallery]

Pace pops up: Alexander Calder: The Art of Invention is now on view at our pop-up gallery space in the heart of Silicon Valley, California. Stop by to see Calder's monumental stabiles, hanging mobiles, colorful gouaches and more at 300 Camino Real in Menlo Park. The exhibition continues through May 13, 2014, and the gallery is open Mondays - Saturdays, 1 - 9 p.m. 

[brucesterling]

*I like Calder mobiles a lot better than I like Calder stabiles, but "Yellow Disk" from 1953 is pretty good.  It even has a good title.

*Twenty years later, Calder became the go-to guy for huge steel public-art monuments that have to be bolted-up with cranes and hard-hats.

http://ow.ly/nFgD2

*Calder's mobile "Sumac" from 1962 sold last year for $12 million.  I wonder if the new owner has boxed it, or hung it up.

http://www.christies.com/features/alexander-calder-lot-30-1825-3.aspx

[weinrybthesis]

Ways of Working: Wire

The Mobile: Breaking Apart a Cube

Calder based the solid shapes in his mobiles on leaves and birds that move through the sky. The planes of this mobile initially seem just to be two shapes of various sizes. Yet the way I assembled them revealed a fascinating relationship among the planes. Their positions could be seen as frames of an object moving in time and changing in size.

[weinrybthesis]

Ways of Working: Wire

Sculptor Alexander Calder: The Mobile

My initial attraction to Calder’s Mobiles was based on his use of wire. The unique quality of wire allows it to be a 2-dimentional and 3-dimentional form simultaneously. However, I discovered another quality to these mobiles when i replicated one based on these images above.