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Alexander Calder Avant-Garde in Motion + DVD

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Author(s)	a cura di Susanne Meyer-Buser
Editor	Hirmer Verlag	Place	Monaco
Year	2013	Pages	144
Measure	27x35 (cm)	Illustration	80 ill. a colori, 38 ill. b/n n.t. - colors and b/w ills
Binding	cart. edit. ill. colori - Hardcover	Conservazione	Nuovo - New
Language	Inglese - English text	Weight	1600 (gr)
ISBN	3777420603	EAN-13	9783777420608

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Juxtaposes Calder´s early works with those of his contemporaries Mondrian, Miró and others
Full-page illustrations of his mobiles and stabiles demonstrate his use of space
Includes a DVD with interviews and works in motion

Testo in inglese.

Alexander Calder is one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century. This lavishly illustrated book focuses on Calder’s works of the 1930s and 1940s, a period in which the sculptor experimented with wildly different artistic directions.

While showcasing a large number of Calder’s early abstract sculptures, this book also presents key works by his contemporaries, such as Piet Mondrian, Joan Miró and Jean Arp. By setting Calder’s work alongside that of other artists, the volume establishes lines of influence and differentiation, as well as the larger context in which he created his sculptures. Full-page images of Calder’s iconic mobiles and stabiles give a rare sense of Calder’s often playful use of space, and enable readers to study his work in detail. An accompanying DVD includes historical and experimental films, avant-garde music, interviews and a walk through the exhibition, presenting the whole of Calder’s achievement in an unprecedented fashion.