The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been… - Alexander Calder

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The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition.

Alexander Calder

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(August 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known as the originator of the mobile, a type of Kinetic art made with delicately balanced or suspended components which move in response to motor power or air currents.

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Question: How did the mobiles start?
The mobiles started when I went to see [[w:Piet Mondrian|Mondrian [in Paris, 1930]. I was impressed by several colored rectangles he had on the wall. Shortly after that I made some mobiles.

The various objects of the universe may be constant, at times, but their reciprocal relationships always vary.

It is a matter of harmonizing these movements, thus arriving at a new possibility for beauty.

The sense of motion in painting and sculpture has long been considered as one of the primary elements of the composition. - Alexander Calder

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