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Alexander Calder
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Oct 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
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For this week's episode we learn a bit about Alexander Calder, the mechanical engineer who became a pioneer of kinetic sculpture. The specific work we looked at in this episode is Streetcar from 1951. It is one of many mobiles Calder created over his career. While he did have other amazing work including his wire sculptures that are just masterfully created drawings in air, as well as toys, jewelry, stabile sculptures, set designs and more, he is best known for his mobiles so we used a piece representative of his most famous innovation when discussing the artist and his legacy.
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For this week's episode we learn a bit about Alexander Calder, the mechanical engineer who became a pioneer of kinetic sculpture. The specific work we looked at in this episode is Streetcar from 1951. It is one of many mobiles Calder created over his career. While he did have other amazing work including his wire sculptures that are just masterfully created drawings in air, as well as toys, jewelry, stabile sculptures, set designs and more, he is best known for his mobiles so we used a piece representative of his most famous innovation when discussing the artist and his legacy.
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Released:
Oct 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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