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Alexander "Sandy" Calder (/ ˈ k ɔː l d ər /; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. [1]
Personal tools. Donate; Create account; ... His two-volume biography of Alexander Calder was published in 2017 and 2020. ... The New York Review of Books. 66 (4): ...
He wrote the documentary film Alexander Calder, [2] which was broadcast on the PBS American Masters series in June 1998 and received both a George W. Peabody Award [3] and an Emmy. [4] Many of his book reviews have appeared in The New York Times Book Review. [5] In 2016 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for a book in progress, The Inner ...
The Calder Game is a children's novel written by Blue Balliett and illustrated by Brett Helquist, published in 2008. It is the sequel to The Wright 3, which in turn is the sequel to Chasing Vermeer. Some underlying themes include the art of Alexander Calder, pentominoes, and the freedom of public art.
His Emmy Award- and Peabody Award-winning film, Alexander Calder, is "an American masterpiece", said Charlie Rose. [6] Richard Rogers: The Sweetest Sounds was declared, "An extraordinary film biography, perhaps the best ever produced in the American Masters series" by Dorothy Rabinowitz of The Wall Street Journal. [7]
The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 93 (19): 61–66. [11] — (December 4, 2017). "Wired : what Alexander Calder set in motion". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 93 (39): 73–77. [12] — (February 12–19, 2018). "After the fall : drawing the right lessons from the decline in violent crime". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 94 (1): 92 ...
The cast of “Friends” is well known for being besties, but that developed over time. During an appearance on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, “Friends” star Lisa Kudrow ...
A CGI animation of the MoMA Snow Flurry. Year: 1948 Snow Flurry, I measures 238.7 cm × 208.8 cm and was gifted to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) by Calder in 1966. It was displayed at the Tate Modern in 2015, where curator Ann Coxon said that, based on the sculpture, "a sense of the natural world has also been important: [they were] looking at opening up some of the windows, getting a sense ...