Alexander Calder : radical inventor / edited by Elizabeth Hutton Turner and Anne Grace.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.

National Gallery of Victoria, host institution.

Class of 1953 Fund.

Turner, Elizabeth Hutton, 1952- editor, author.

Grace, Anne, 1966- editor, author.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976.

Criticism and interpretation.

Sculptors.

Sculpture, American.

United States.

Sculpture, American--United States--20th century--Exhibitions.

Sculptors--United States--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, Modern.

Mobiles (Sculpture).

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976--Exhibitions.

Calder, Alexander.

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976--Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Essays.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, facsimiles ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

[Montréal, Québec] : Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; [Milan, Italy] : 5 Continents, [2018]

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.

Contents:

The Man behind 'Man' / Nathalie Bondil

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.

Notes:

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).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

9788874398287

887439828X

OCLC:

1061293851

Publisher Number:

99981030313