
Juxtaposes Calder´s early works with those of his contemporaries Mondrian, Miró and others
Full-page illustrations of his mobiles and stabiles demonstrate his use of space
Includes a DVD with interviews and works in motion
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Alexander Calder
Avant-Garde in Motion
Alexander Calder is one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century. This lavishly illustrated book focuses on Calder’s works of the 1930s and 1940s, a period in which the sculptor experimented with wildly different artistic directions.
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While showcasing a large number of Calder’s early abstract sculptures, this book also presents key works by his contemporaries, such as Piet Mondrian, Joan Miró and Jean Arp. By setting Calder’s work alongside that of other artists, the volume establishes lines of influence and differentiation, as well as the larger context in which he created his sculptures. Full-page images of Calder’s iconic mobiles and stabiles give a rare sense of Calder’s often playful use of space, and enable readers to study his work in detail. An accompanying DVD includes historical and experimental films, avant-garde music, interviews and a walk through the exhibition, presenting the whole of Calder’s achievement in an unprecedented fashion.
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Alexander Calder brought playful motion to high art: primary colors hanging in the balance of that kinetic object of infancy, the mobile. Avant-Garde in Motion celebrates the achievements of this American master with new insight and photos of the man at work.
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Essays by Marion Ackermann, Susanne Meyer-Büser, Daniela Hahn, Gryphon Rower-Upjohn, Alexander S. C. Rower
English edition
144 pages, 80 colour illustrations, 38 in black and white
26.5 × 34.5 cm, hardcover
Includes a DVD by Ralph Goertz
English edition
144 pages, 80 colour illustrations, 38 in black and white
26.5 × 34.5 cm, hardcover
Includes a DVD by Ralph Goertz
ISBN: 978-3-7774-2060-8
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