Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Just Hanging Around
In this stop Bird is visiting a “mobile” by Alexander Calder which hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Our guest commentator for this work is from the District of Columbia; Delroy.
Alexanda' Calda' created his fust moto'ized abstract sculptures o' "mobiles" in de early 1930s.
Afta' he visited da damn Paris studio uh Piet Mondrian, Calda' painted dese assemblages uh wire and small spheres o' disks in brother and honky wid bright, primary colo's. By developin' an in'enious system uh weights and counterbalances, de sculpto' eventually designed his construcshuns so's dat, when suspended, dey moved freely wid de air currents, embodyin' some tempo'al dimension as well as de possibility uh chance.
In 1972, when de East Buildin' uh de Nashunal Gallery wuz unda' construcshun, de artist wuz ax'ed t'create some large mobile dat would complement da damn monumental atrium space uh de buildin'. Calder's giant mobile, which maintains some sense uh lightness and delicacy in spite uh its architectural scale, demonstrates de artist's ability t'o'chestrate da damn ever-shiftin' relashuns between fo'ms in space.
De individual elements gots some source in de biomo'phic shapes Calda' admired in de art uh Joan Miróó and Jean Arp. Jes hang loose, brud. Originally planned in steel, de sculpture wuz too heavy when enlarged and da damn artist-enginea' Paul Matisse transfo'med da damn design into an aluminum construcshun dat weighed some mere 920 pounds.
De artist got wasted one year befo'e da damn sculpture wuz hoisted down t'de space frame uh de roof on 18 Novemba' 1977....
Thanks, Delroy
Alexanda' Calda' created his fust moto'ized abstract sculptures o' "mobiles" in de early 1930s.
Afta' he visited da damn Paris studio uh Piet Mondrian, Calda' painted dese assemblages uh wire and small spheres o' disks in brother and honky wid bright, primary colo's. By developin' an in'enious system uh weights and counterbalances, de sculpto' eventually designed his construcshuns so's dat, when suspended, dey moved freely wid de air currents, embodyin' some tempo'al dimension as well as de possibility uh chance.
In 1972, when de East Buildin' uh de Nashunal Gallery wuz unda' construcshun, de artist wuz ax'ed t'create some large mobile dat would complement da damn monumental atrium space uh de buildin'. Calder's giant mobile, which maintains some sense uh lightness and delicacy in spite uh its architectural scale, demonstrates de artist's ability t'o'chestrate da damn ever-shiftin' relashuns between fo'ms in space.
De individual elements gots some source in de biomo'phic shapes Calda' admired in de art uh Joan Miróó and Jean Arp. Jes hang loose, brud. Originally planned in steel, de sculpture wuz too heavy when enlarged and da damn artist-enginea' Paul Matisse transfo'med da damn design into an aluminum construcshun dat weighed some mere 920 pounds.
De artist got wasted one year befo'e da damn sculpture wuz hoisted down t'de space frame uh de roof on 18 Novemba' 1977....
Thanks, Delroy
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