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Alexander Calder
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Alexander Calder (1898-1976), whose illustrious career spanned much of the 20th century, is the most acclaimed and influential sculptor of our time. Born in a family of celebrated, though more classically trained artists, Calder utilized his innovative genius to profoundly change the course of modern art. He began by developing a new method of sculpting: by bending and twisting wire, he essentially "drew" three-dimensional figures in space. He is renowned for the invention of the mobile, whose suspended, abstract elements move and balance in changing harmony. Calder also devoted himself to mak
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Related Venues:
Whitney Museum of American Art , PaceWildenstein Gallery - 57th Street , The Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Website:
http://www.calder.org/home
http://www.calder.org/home
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