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...underlying sense of form in my work has been the system of the Universe, or part thereof." On reading this pompous remark by Alexander Calder, the most internationally celebrated of all living American sculptors, one's hopes rise. Make way for the cosmic perspective! In fact, as the Whitney Museum's new retrospective of the work of this venerable figure testifies, his achievement is more modest and realistic. In the 200-odd works that make up "Calder's Universe," as the show is called, there is little of the real universe, but a pervasive flavor...
While he was House minority leader, the National Endowment for the Arts helped bankroll a huge Alexander Calder stabile, which was erected in front of city hall and appears in many renditions-of widely varying artistic quality-on everything from sanitation trucks to official city stationery...
...best of the Newbury Street three-dimensional paintings will soon be superceded by a retrospective of Max Beckmann's prints (opening Oct. 2), and Graphics I and II, where Calder's print series "The Unfinished Revolution" remains til Oct. 18. print series "The Unfinished Revolution" remains till...
...Calder never will stand still. Despite the fact that these cavorting creatures were conceived" for the ubiquitous Bicentennial, Calder has infused into their red, white and blue a lime and magenta which is unmistakeably his. If only this was the Spirit...
...growth of a museum network coincided with the emergence of two art ists, David Smith and Alexander Calder, who became the first American sculptors to achieve international renown: their work influenced Europeans as no previous New World artists' had, and with it American sculpture was seen to have transcended its provincialism at last. The task of describing the crucial period 1930-50, which saw the emergence of a dazzling array of technical options-movement in sculpture, open-welded construction, the use of found objects-and the rise not only of Smith and Calder but also of Louise Nevelson, Isamu...