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Alexander Calder and
Contemporary Art

Form, Balance, Joy

Publisher
MCA Chicago
Binding
Softcover
Pages
176
Dimensions
203×279

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About


Alexander Calder, a legendary and beloved figure in American art, has not generally been considered a major influence on contemporary artists. Yet as the 21st century unfolds, many artists are taking cues from Calder’s hands-on investigations of form, balance, color, and movement as well as from his foresight in what we now refer to as the creative reuse of materials. These artists are returning to explorations of structure and balance, creating expressive artworks that celebrate the visual as much as the intellectual experience.

Drawn from the MCA’s in-depth holdings of Calder’s work and augmented by the artist’s classic mobiles, standing mobiles, and stabiles from private and public collections, this pioneering consideration of Calder’s influence includes works by some of today’s most interesting and engaging sculptors: Martin Boyce, Nathan Carter, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Aaron Curry, Kristi Lippire, Jason Meadows, and Jason Middlebrook.

The richly illustrated book features new scholarship on Calder’s creative reuse of materials by noted expert Brooke Kamin Rapaport. Scholar George Baker reassesses Calder’s modernist legacy. Exhibition organizer Lynne Warren contributes an overview of current sculptural practices in relation to Calder’s work, offering the first in-depth consideration of the complex and fascinating relationship between the art of this modern master and contemporary artists. There are also contributions by Bryan Granger, Dominic Molon, Diana Nawi, and Julie Rodrigues Wildholm.

Table of Contents

PAGE CONTENT
10 Lenders to the Exhibition
11 Director’s Foreword
14 Acknowledgments
18 Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art by Lynne Warren
28 Martin Boyce by Dominic Molon
38 Nathan Carter by Dominic Molon
48 Abraham Cruzvillegas by Julie Rodrigues Widholm
56 Aaron Curry by Bryan Granger
66 Kristi Lippire by Lynne Warren
74 Jason Meadows by Diana Nawi
84 Jason Middlebrook by Diana Nawi
98 Calder’s Mobility by George Baker
110 Alexander Calder Plates
160 Why Calder is Back: A Modern Master’s Creative Reuse of Materials by Brooke Kamin Rapaport
171 Catalogue of the Exhibition
175 Reproduction Credits