{"product_id":"alexander-calder-modern-from-the-start-hardcover","title":"Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Calder\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eCara Manes\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlexander S. C. Rower\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn Alexander Calder's fruitful, creative and enduring relationship with MoMA, from the early wire sculptures to late abstractions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander Calder's work first appeared in the Museum of Modern Art's galleries in 1930, in the exhibition \u003ci\u003ePainting and Sculpture by Living Americans\u003c\/i\u003e. Over the next decades the artist's connection with the Museum would be deep, productive and mutually beneficial. Calder cultivated friendships and working relationships with notable figures, including Alfred H. Barr Jr., the Museum's founding director, and James Johnson Sweeney, with whom he collaborated on his expansive retrospective exhibition in 1943. His work is imprinted on MoMA's early history, not only for its material and conceptual innovation but also for its presence at significant moments, such as a mobile made to hang over the lobby's grand staircase on the occasion of the new Goodwin and Stone building (\u003ci\u003eLobster Trap and Fish Tail\u003c\/i\u003e, which hangs there to this day); an elaborate candelabra to adorn the tables at a celebratory anniversary event; and a sculpture to fly off a flagpole to advertise the landmark exhibition \u003ci\u003eCubism and Abstract Art\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander Calder: Modern from the Start\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates this extraordinarily fertile relationship between an institution and an artist who was both an important creative partner and, with his magnificent gift of 19 works in 1966, a major donor. Through MoMA, Calder came to be known as a pioneer of modern sculpture, and through Calder, MoMA came to understand itself as an American museum of modern art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter studying engineering, \u003cb\u003eAlexander Calder\u003c\/b\u003e (1898-1976) moved to Paris in the late 1920s, where he found himself at the center of the city's artistic avant-garde. There, he developed his Cirque Calder, a performance artwork comprising dozens of miniature handmade objects, and a group of standalone figurative works in wire. Turning toward abstraction in 1930, Calder invented the mobile--an abstract sculpture made of independent parts that incorporate natural or mechanical movement. He would continue to explore the possibilities of this visual language for the rest of his career, eventually shifting to monumental constructions and public works. \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 10.7 x 9.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47396393582770,"sku":"9781633451162","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/14926bcc628a5ee2a48f64776d0a2425.webp?v=1778007141","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/alexander-calder-modern-from-the-start-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}