If you’ve ever needed an excuse to go to Montreal this is it. Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a must-see exhibit. This major retrospective includes the expected. His famous moving sculptures. They were jokingly dubbed “mobiles” by his friend Marcel Duchamp. In response, another friend, the artist Jean Arp quipped…
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art & culture, canada, north america, the arts2001. Calder came from a family of well-known Pennsylvania artists who encouraged him from a young age. Though they moved often, 2019., alexander calder, another friend, art, “agrandissements” as he called them, canada, every home had a studio for Alexander. That said, exploring, his jewelry and even fabric that he designed. There are photos and videos which allow the experiencing of his agrandissements, his parents convinced him to study mechanical engineer instead of art. They knew the life of an artist was unpredictable. After graduated from Stephens Institute of Technology in 1919 he tried working, his theater costumes and more whimsical projects like the painted Braniff jet and a BMW car. Go see it if you can! Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor runs until February 24, If you’ve ever needed an excuse to go to Montreal this is it. Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor at the Museum of Fine Arts is a must-see exhibit. This major retrospective includes the expected. His, julie vogel, julie-anna vogel, julieabroad, luxury, montreal, montreal museum of fine art, spending the rest of his life creating between France and his native America. The Montreal show also includes the unexpected. In addition to mobiles and stabiles there are examples of his paintings, the artist Jean Arp quipped “What do you call those things you did last year…stabiles?” about Calder’s stationary sculptures. Calder was amused by both labels. Everyone was surprised they stuc, the big red Bent Propellers erected in front of the World Trade Center in New York in 1971 was destroyed on September 11, travel, wire sculptures. Later his monumental projects, would find homes in public squares all over the world. Sadly2 Comments on looking for a reason to visit montreal?
