Exhibition
Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture
11 Nov 2015 – 3 Apr 2016
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Address
- Bankside
- London
- SE1 9TG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bus: 45, 63, 100, 344, 381, RV1
- Tube: Southwark/Blackfriars
- Train: London Bridge
American sculptor Alexander Calder was a radical figure who pioneered kinetic sculpture, bringing movement to static objects.
About
Calder travelled to Paris in the 1920s, having originally trained as an engineer, and by 1931 he had invented the mobile, a term coined by Duchamp to describe Calder’s sculptures which moved of their own accord.
His dynamic works brought to life the avant-garde’s fascination with movement, and brought sculpture into the fourth dimension.
Continuing Tate Modern’s acclaimed reassessments of key figures in modernism,Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture will reveal how motion, performance and theatricality underpinned his practice. It will bring together major works from museums around the world, as well as showcasing his collaborative projects in the fields of film, theatre, music and dance.
Master of motion Alexander Calder to lead Tate’s 2015 programme
guardian.com
Sculpture is to take centre stage at the Tate galleries next year…
The Guardian
Tate Modern celebrates inventor of the mobile
The Daily Telegraph
