In a 1937 essay titled Mobiles, Calder writes about the role of electric motors in his early moving sculptures. “With a mechanical drive, you can control the thing like the choreography in a ballet and superimpose various movements: a great number, even, by means of cams and other mechanical devices,” he writes. “To combine one or two simple movements with different periods, however, really gives the finest effect, because while simple, they are capable of infinite combinations.” While Calder la
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In a 1937 essay titled Mobiles, Calder writes about the role of electric motors in his early moving sculptures. “With a mechanical drive, you can control the thing like the
Calder Foundation. . In a 1937 essay titled Mobiles, Calder writes about the role of electric motors in his early moving sculptures. “With a mechanical drive, you can control the thing like the choreography in a ballet and superimpose various movements: a great number, even, by means of cams and other mechanical devices,” he writes. “To ...
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A panoply of mobiles intermingle in Calder’s studio, two-part bronzes twist on the beach, and a standing mobile flutters against the sky in Works of Calder, a twenty-minute film that debuted at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art on 24 January 1951. Initially proposed to the artist by actor Burgess Meredith, this remarkable film features music by ‪John Cage‬ and was directed by Herbert Matter. In addition to the mind-bending fusion of art and avant-garde music, it includes an interlude of a young boy—
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One of Calder’s earliest motorized mobiles, Two Spheres debuted at Julien Levy Gallery, New York, in 1932. On this day, which also marked the close of the show, Calder demonstrated the motion in his sculpture for a group of reporters. “This has no utility and no meaning,” Calder explained. “It is simply beautiful. It has a great emotional effect if you understand it. Of course if it meant anything it would be easier to understand, but it would not be worthwhile.” For more information: https://ti
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