{"product_id":"alexander-calder-modern-from-the-start","title":"Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781633451162\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2021\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Museum of Modern Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most beloved American artists of the last century, Alexander Calder reimagined sculpture as an experiment in space and motion. He upended centuries-old notions that sculpture should be static, grounded, and dense by making artworks that often move freely, interacting with their surroundings. Calder's ever-changing artworks invite a viewer's sustained attention; over the course of many decades, The Museum of Modern Art provided a setting for this productive exchange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander Calder: Modern from the Start\u003c\/i\u003e looks at Calder's work through the lens of his connection with MoMA, taking as a point of departure the idea that Calder assumed the unofficial role of the Museum's \"house artist\" during its formative years. His work was first exhibited at MoMA in 1930, months after the institution opened its doors, and he was among only a handful of artists selected by the Museum's founding director, Alfred H. Barr Jr., for inclusion in his two landmark 1936 exhibitions, \u003ci\u003eCubism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAbstract Art\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFantastic Art\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDada\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSurrealism\u003c\/i\u003e. He was called upon to produce several commissioned works-including \u003ci\u003eLobster Trap\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFish Tail\u003c\/i\u003e, a multicolored mobile that hangs in the same stairwell for which it was made in 1939-and his sculptures have been a mainstay of the Museum's galleries and Sculpture Garden ever since. Following a loose chronology, the catalogue presents examples from the full scope of Calder's work, from the earliest wire sculptures of the 1920s through the largescale mono- and polychrome stabiles and standing mobiles of his later years. An essay by curator Cara Manes trace","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":43040532365401,"sku":"PR914815","price":117.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2551\/5502\/files\/image_TIBH0VXQJ3W7.jpg?v=1770178756","url":"https:\/\/smartfox.co.nz\/products\/alexander-calder-modern-from-the-start","provider":"SmartfoxNZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}