40 BALANCE DEVICE IN TATE MODERN
21-10-2023
21-10-2023
“Alexander Calder, known to many as ‘Sandy’, was an American sculptor from Pennsylvania. He was the son of well-known sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder, and his grandfather and mother were also successful artists. Alexander Calder is known for inventing wire sculptures and the mobile, a type of kinetic art which relied on careful weighting to achieve balance and suspension in the air. Initially Calder used motors to make his works move, but soon abandoned this method and began using air currents alone.
Calder always carried wire and pliers with him so that he could “sketch” in his favourite material. This has come to be known as ‘drawing in space’ because he would literally use the wire to create a drawing in the air. ”
Every time I look at Alexander Calder's dynamic sculptures, I reap a peace that comes from the heart - the beauty of space, the beauty of the universe, the beauty of nature, the beauty of lines, the beauty of time, fluidity, light and shadow, three-dimensionality, so flawlessly blended into a single work that you can't help but stop and enter into a meditative state when you're beside it.
It's a shame that the pieces in the museum are all static, I think it would be more interesting if they could move in the air.
Calder always carried wire and pliers with him so that he could “sketch” in his favourite material. This has come to be known as ‘drawing in space’ because he would literally use the wire to create a drawing in the air. ”
Every time I look at Alexander Calder's dynamic sculptures, I reap a peace that comes from the heart - the beauty of space, the beauty of the universe, the beauty of nature, the beauty of lines, the beauty of time, fluidity, light and shadow, three-dimensionality, so flawlessly blended into a single work that you can't help but stop and enter into a meditative state when you're beside it.
It's a shame that the pieces in the museum are all static, I think it would be more interesting if they could move in the air.
