Tag: Calder
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An Alexander Calder Retrospective in Paris Underscores His Inventiveness
Object with Red Discs</em>, 1931″,”description”:”ntttt nnnnnnn ntBy 1930 Calder sought to distance himself from what had brought him early recognition. His discovery of Piet Mondrianu2019s studio at 16 Rue du Du00e9part in Paris that October acted as a catalyst for his turn toward nonfigurative art. Calder later recalled that the visit gave him u201cthe shock read more
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Calder Sculpture in Senate Office Building to Be Restored a Decade After Dismantling
A partially dismantled sculpture by Alexander Calder in Washington, D.C. is, at long last, in the process of being restored, according to Roll Call, a publication that focuses on Capitol Hill-based news. The sculpture in question, Mountains and Clouds, fills the 90-foot-high, skylit atrium of the Hill’s Hart Senate Office Building, which was constructed in read more
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Fast-Rising Sculptor Yuko Mohri Wins $50,000 Calder Prize
Yuko Mohri, a Japanese sculptor whose assemblages of fruit and found objects are in high demand on the international art circuit, has won yet another accolade: the Calder Prize, which is awarded by the namesake artist’s foundation and comes with $50,000. Mohri had already built a long CV in her native Japan before she represented read more
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