Alexander Calder exhibit at LACMA

I roamed over to LACMA to enjoy the Alexander Calder exhibit of his Mobiles and Stabiles...the ones that move and the ones that don't.  Calder lived from 1898 to 1975 in the U.S. and Europe.  Born in Pennsylvania as a son and grandson of traditional sculptures.  He received his degree in mechanical Engineering at Steven's Institute and then went off to Paris to be inspired by Dadaists, Surrealists and other avant-gard artists like Duchamp, Miro, Mondrain, Arp and others.  In 1930 Calder moved on to Abstraction after visiting Mondrain's work.  Then his Mobiles appeared and later the Stabiles.  He moved back to the U.S. with the beginning of WWII along with many other artists. 

Below are some of his works:

Calder' designed this poster for the opening of LACMA in  1965

Calder's "Un effet du japonals" 1941

Calder's "Three Quintains (Hello Girls)" permanently installed as a fountain at LACMA in 1965

Calder's "Spiral Imaginatif" 1975

"Little Face" 1962

"Laocoon" 1947

"La Grande vitesse" 1969



"Gibralter" 1935



Chicago's Flamingo