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A mobile (UK: / ˈ m oʊ b aɪ l /, [1] US: / ˈ m oʊ b iː l /) [2] is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of a number of rods, from which weighted objects or further rods hang. The objects hanging from the rods balance each other, so that the rods remain more or less horizontal.
Hanging crafts are also called by the names like Wall décor, Wall art, Wall Crafts, etc. Hanging crafts can project abstract shapes fashioned from sheet metal, wood, paper or plastic materials, connected by wire or chord, whose individual elements are capable of moving independently or as a whole when prompted by air movement or direct contact.
It is a woven hanging mobile, usually made from palm leaves, in the form of a fish (specifically the barb, which gives it its name). [1] The barb is traditionally regarded as a symbol of prosperity and abundance, and pla taphian mobiles were usually hung over babies' cradles. Their production has largely declined over the centuries, but there ...
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However, by the 1920s and 1930s, Rodchenko found a way to incorporate his theories of non-objectivism in mobile study. His 1920 piece Hanging Construction is a wood mobile that hangs from any ceiling by a string and rotates naturally. This mobile sculpture has concentric circles that exist in several planes, but the entire sculpture only ...
The only national art world press was written by Louise Bourgeois for Craft Horizons and was negative and suggested that the work was not fine art. [5] [1] As craft theorist Elissa Auther states in her 2009 book String Felt & Thread: "Despite the awareness of the negative art world attitudes concerning media traditionally associated with the crafts, the strategy Constantine and Larsen adopted ...
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