<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Provides detailed insight into that pioneering process through reproductions of personal drawings and notes and new research from a wide range of renowned scholars, furthering our understanding of the remarkable depth of Calder's beloved mobile sculptures and entrenching his status as an icon of modernism.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>An insightful new look at one of the 20th century's most celebrated artistic visionaries</b> <p/> Alexander Calder (1898-1976) is one of modernism's most captivating and influential figures. First trained as a mechanical engineer, Calder relocated from New York to Paris in the mid-twenties where his acceptance into the city's burgeoning avant-garde circles coincided with the development of his characteristic form of kinetic sculpture. His early work <i>Cirque Calder</i>, which was presented throughout Paris to great acclaim, prefigures the performance and theatrical aspects that dominate Calder's pioneering artistic works and are situated as a primary subject of intrigue in this publication. <p/> Rather than simply refashion sculpture's traditional forms, Calder envisioned entirely new possibilities for the medium and transformed its static nature into something dynamic and responsive. <i>Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture</i> provides detailed insight into that pioneering process through reproductions of personal drawings and notes. Also featured is new research from a wide range of renowned scholars, furthering our understanding of the remarkable depth of Calder's beloved mobile sculptures and entrenching his status as an icon of modernism.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Achim Borchardt-Hume </b>is director of exhibitions at Tate Modern. <br>
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