All About Alexander Calder by Lainie Adams

phoenixkeaten — 2025-03-17 13:36:07 UTC

Always in motion

willowpierce — 2025-03-17 13:36:56 UTC

Unmistakable work

briannanevarez2 — 2025-03-17 13:36:57 UTC

He owns a circus

willowpierce — 2025-03-17 13:37:30 UTC

Important

phoenixkeaten — 2025-03-17 13:37:40 UTC

Full of Joy and fun

haroldogden — 2025-03-17 13:37:43 UTC

creative

ezekielhicks — 2025-03-17 13:37:57 UTC

Born into a family of artists

phoenixkeaten — 2025-03-17 13:38:12 UTC

Nicknamed Sandy

willowpierce — 2025-03-17 13:38:25 UTC

Extraordinary

andrewmills6 — 2025-03-17 13:38:37 UTC

always in motion

willowpierce — 2025-03-17 13:38:49 UTC

Invented the first mobile

andrewmills6 — 2025-03-17 13:38:55 UTC

force of ocean

willowpierce — 2025-03-17 13:39:34 UTC

Moved a lot as a child

andrewmills6 — 2025-03-17 13:39:40 UTC

its a compliment to be called crazy

willowpierce — 2025-03-17 13:39:59 UTC

Went to college for engineering

willowpierce — 2025-03-17 13:40:12 UTC

went to art school

haroldogden — 2025-03-17 13:41:24 UTC

takes up a lot of space with his circus(5 suitcases)

phoenixkeaten — 2025-03-17 13:42:42 UTC

"They (his sculptures) come alive"

haroldogden — 2025-03-17 13:42:53 UTC

colorful art

willowpierce — 2025-03-17 13:42:59 UTC

born into a successful artistic family

willowpierce — 2025-03-17 13:44:53 UTC

His art was described as "exciting".

phoenixkeaten — 2025-03-17 13:52:16 UTC

He painted long before he made mobiles

ladams126 — 2025-04-14 13:22:44 UTC

How do Calder’s sculptures show a relationship between art and science?

ladams126 — 2025-04-14 13:23:19 UTC

How might Calder's sculptures change the relationship between the viewer and the artwork?
How is looking at a moving sculpture different from looking at a still one?

andrewmills6 — 2025-04-14 13:23:22 UTC

at one point in his life he was traveling from Europe to America and back constantly

haroldogden — 2025-04-14 13:23:23 UTC

challenges the notions of space and design

ladams126 — 2025-04-14 13:24:13 UTC

How do the parts of Alexander Calder’s mobiles relate to each other?
What happens to one piece when another moves? How does this show a relationship between parts?

haroldogden — 2025-04-14 13:25:28 UTC

he used a type of kinetic art which relied on careful weighting to achieve balance and suspension in the air.

ladams126 — 2025-04-14 13:25:37 UTC

In what ways do Calder’s stabiles and mobiles show a relationship with the space around them?
How does where they are placed change how they are experienced?

ladams126 — 2025-04-14 13:26:17 UTC

What kind of relationship do you notice between movement and balance in Calder’s sculptures?
How does one affect the other?

adelaidewest1 — 2025-04-14 13:27:12 UTC

What was Calder's circus called?

ladams126 — 2025-04-14 13:27:22 UTC

Did you have a mobile (probably above your crib) when you were a baby? What did it look like? What features did it have?

phoenixkeaten — 2025-04-14 13:28:16 UTC

What do you think his work would look like now if he were to make a modern art piece.

adelaidewest1 — 2025-04-14 13:30:09 UTC

What was Calder's favorite drawing material?