ALEXANDER CALDER

Thispublication focuses on the enormous stabiles he created mostlyforpublic places, as well as his elegant hanging mobiles in sheetm etal,miniature standing mobiles, and chess sets, sheddinglight on the socialand performative aspects of his work. Essaysexplore how Calderapproached the effects of kinetics andspace, solidity and transparency,stasis and activity, volume andvoid.