Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start Museum of Modern Art NYC 2021 22

Alexander Calder reimagined sculpture as an experiment in space and motion, upending centuriesold notions that sculpture should be static, grounded, and dense by making artworks that often move freely and interact with their surroundings. One of Calders objects is like the sea, wrote the philosopher JeanPaul Sartre, always beginning over again, always new. Bringing together early wire and wood figures, works on paper, jewelry, mobiles in motion, and monumental abstract sculptures, the exhibition takes a deep dive into the full breadth of Calders career and inventiveness. Calders everchanging artworks invite a viewers sustained attention; and The Museum of Modern Art has provided a setting for this productive exchange ever since his work was first exhibited here in 1930, just months after the Museum opened its doors. This exhibition looks at Calders work through the lens of this connection. Throughout MoMAs formative years, Calder, in his unofficial role as house artist, was called upon t br, br,