Exhibition
Alexander Calder in Focus: Works from the Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family Loan
Alexander Calder, Little Face, c. 1943. Copper wire, thread, glass, and wood; 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 6 in. (34.3 x 26.7 x 15.2 cm). The Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family Loan, EL1995.6. © 2017/22 Calder Foundation, New York/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
This exhibition showcases The Leonard and Ruth Horwich Family Loan of 15 works by Alexander Calder, one of the 20th century’s most prominent artists. Calder’s Polychrome and Horizontal Bluebird (1954), a gift from Ruth Horwich to the MCA Collection, is also on view. Calder’s development of stabiles and mobiles made of sheet metal, found objects, wood, and bronze show the artist’s explorations of both geometric and organic shapes, and have distinguished him as an innovator of art that responds to its physical environment. This exhibition includes works from the 1920s to the mid-1960s, spanning almost the entirety of Calder’s career and demonstrating his extraordinary range.
This exhibition is organized by Curatorial Assistant Julie Rodrigues.
