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Alexander Calder

ALEXANDER CALDER

Unfolding Almine Rech 13 October–12 November 2022 Paris, Matignon
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Almine Rech is delighted to present Calder Unfolding, a survey of work by Alexander Calder, from October 13 – November 12, 2022. Known internationally as a titan of twentieth-century art, Calder (1898–1976) deftly worked across a range of media throughout his career. Highlighting examples of gouache, jewellery, and sculpture, the exhibition offers a rare opportunity to behold a broad scope of the artist’s work.

Unique among his contemporaries, Calder devised a number of new mediums during his lifetime, none more famous than the mobile. Giving form to something as ephemeral as currents of air, he astonished the world with his creation of kinetic sculpture in 1931. As philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote of his work, ‘A passing glance is not enough; you must live with it, be bewitched by it [...] The movements of Calder’s mobiles have a life of their own.” Featured in the Rech presentation is an untitled hanging mobile from 1963 composed of delicate sheet metal elements affixed to cascading wire tendrils. Made at the height of Calder’s career, the mobile’s expansive scope of movement ensures that its audience will never experience it the same way twice

Press release courtesy Almine Rech. Text: Jessica Holmes.

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About the Artist

Alexander Calder was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, revolutionising the presentation of sculpture by introducing space and motion. His suspended kinetic abstract “mobile” sculptures and large-scale “stabiles” were characterised by geometric forms and primary colours, and his public commissions are still on view around the world.

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About the Gallery

Almine Rech opened its doors on April 1st, 1997 in the 13th arrondissement in Paris. The gallery was founded on an axis of California Minimal, Perceptual art and Conceptual art, representing artists such as James Turrell, John McCracken and Joseph Kosuth.

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Almine Rech contemporary art gallery in Paris Matignon France
Almine Rech
18 Avenue Matignon, Paris, France
+33 014 387 3066
http://www.alminerech.com

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