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Posted on January 8, 2016 by Dan Smith

Alexander Calder

an American sculptor known as the originator of the mobile, a type of moving sculpture made with delicately balanced or suspended shapes that move in response to touch or air currents. Calder’s monumental stationary sculptures are called stabiles.

CategoriesIndividuals and Groups, Public Art & Spatial Politics TagsAlexander Calder

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