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ALEXANDER CALDER

“Why must art stand still? The next step in sculpture is motion.” - Alexander Calder

About Mr. Calder

Calder was a famous artist. He invented a new type of Sculpture:

  • Wire Sculptures
  • Mobiles
  • Stabiles

They were all made from abstract metal shapes.

Where was Calder from?

His Art

Mobiles

Mobiles were always in motion and are never the same! Why?

He also created the first type of

large, public art known as...

Stabiles

Do you like Calder's art?

Do you like his mobiles or stabiles better? Why?

Make A Mobile:

http://www.vectorpark.com/levers/

Watch Calder perform his wire circus

LET'S REFLECT!

Later in Calder's Life...

Not it is Your Turn!

You will create your own wire stabile sculpture. Let's get started!

Sandy first went to school for Engineering, learning how to design engines and machines. He did not enjoy it much. He eventually became an artist.

His first job was to illustrate a circus that came to town in New York. This inspired him.

Cooking Tools

http://thehairpin.com/2013/09/estate-jewelry-the-original-burning-man-and-a-ring-for-the-birds

Calder made a wire circus and performed it for people in the parks.

Wire Silverware

As Calder grew older he continued to create

sculptures out of everyday materials. Sculptures

also transitioned into functional everyday objects

that were used by himself and his wife on a daily basis.

http://www.original.rolandcollection.com/rolandcollection/section/25/621.htm

Sandy combined the lines and shapes

found in his mobiles, but this time, put them on the ground. The words Stable and Mobile go together to create Stabiles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_(sculpture)

Stabile came from...

Sandy grew up in an art family. His father and grandfather were both sculptors. The Calder family traveled a lot. Sandy kept busy by making toys for himself and his sister, Peggy. He made them out of old buttons, cloth, and bits of wire.

How did he become an artist?

Wire Toys made by Calder

Calder was born in Lawnton, PA in 1898. His friends and family called him Sandy.

As a child was fascinated by the stars, planets and how machines work.

Where are we on this map of PA?

What is a sculpture?

A sculpture is a piece of artwork that has form!

A form has height, width, thickness and depth.

A form is NOT flat.

A form is 3 dimensional.

You can walk around a sculpture and see it from all sides.

http://www.masterworksfineart.com/inventory/calder

Mr. Calder

Alexander Calder was a creative and Playful Artist who...

An artist with an imagination!

Wire Face

http://www.pinterest.com/theartroomplant/alexander-calder/

Mondrian Painting

Sandy moved to Paris to study art with the Masters. He loved the painter Mondrian. Sandy thought it would be fun if Mondrian's colors and shapes could move.

He took Mondrian's

ideas and created...

Mobile By Calder

http://www.arts-wallpapers.com/wallpaper/piet_mondrian/

He made them out of wire. He painted metal and

began to hang them without a stand.

Hanging Mobiles

Mobile By Calder

Wire Face

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/calder-untitled-t07920

http://quotes-pictures.feedio.net/alexander-calder-mobile-jpg/static.skynetblogs.be*media*37074*alexander-calder-mobile.jpg/

To...

http://www.josephklevenefineartltd.com/NewSite/Calder.htm#.UmyEYvmsiFw

Mobile with stand

Most of Sandy's mobiles were about the planets. Can you tell? Why?

Each mobile moves in space and reacts to the wind.

http://www.pinterest.com/theartroomplant/alexander-calder/

Notice the shadow?

Calder's love for wire which he used all the time as a kid, allowed him to discover how to use wire to transform the Element of Art "line" into 3-D wire drawings...

Goldfish Bowl. 1929.

http://sculptrue.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html

Where did his love of art come from?

Picture Citations

http://www.masterworksfineart.com/inventory/calder

http://www.original.rolandcollection.com/rolandcollection/section/25/621.htm

http://sculptrue.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html

http://www.pinterest.com/theartroomplant/alexander-calder/

http://www.arts-wallpapers.com/wallpaper/piet_mondrian/

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/calder-untitled-t07920

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamingo_(sculpture)

http://www.josephklevenefineartltd.com/NewSite/Calder.htm#.UmyEYvmsiFw

http://thehairpin.com/2013/09/estate-jewelry-the-original-burning-man-and-a-ring-for-the-birds

http://quotes-pictures.feedio.net/alexander-calder-mobile-jpg/static.skynetblogs.be*media*37074*alexander-calder-mobile.jpg/

What would your stabile look like?

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