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Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder. “Above all else, Art should be fun…”. Alexander Calder American Artist. Artist and Engineer of: Mobiles Stabiles Sculpture. Mobiles. Fish Mobile. Why is there a light bulb inside the head of The Thinker mobile?. A BIG Mobile inside a building!. Stabiles.

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Alexander Calder

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  1. Alexander Calder “Above all else, Art should be fun…”

  2. Alexander CalderAmerican Artist • Artist and Engineer of: • Mobiles • Stabiles • Sculpture

  3. Mobiles

  4. Fish Mobile

  5. Why is there a light bulb inside the head of The Thinker mobile?

  6. A BIG Mobile inside a building!

  7. Stabiles

  8. Another stabile

  9. sculpture

  10. A large outdoor steel sculpture

  11. What do you suppose Alexander Calder used to create this horse sculpture?

  12. Wire Sculptures

  13. The Circus

  14. The Circus… Alexander created a circus, making all the animals, performers, and sound effects himself http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/calder_a.html

  15. Alexander loved line, shape, and color! Here are some drawings…

  16. Alex or “Sandy” as his friends called him in one of his workshops.

  17. Finally… Here is Alex surrounded by some of his sculptures and stabiles.

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