until Saturday August 07 2021

Alexander Calder. Modern from the Start
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On view through 7 august, Alexander Calder. Modern from the Start

Drawn from MoMA’s collection and augmented with key loans from the Calder Foundation, the exhibition celebrates one of the most beloved artists of the 20th century and presents rarely seen works, including the large-scale Man-Eater with Pennants, which will be on view in the Sculpture Garden for the first time in more than 50 years after new conservation.

Alexander Calder reimagined sculpture as an experiment in space and motion, upending centuries-old notions that sculpture should be static, grounded, and dense by making artworks that often move freely and interact with their surroundings. “One of Calder’s objects is like the sea,” wrote the philosopher Jean-Paul 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 Calder’s career and inventiveness.

The access to the exhibition is virtual and physical.

MoMA, Floor 1, Sculpture Garden
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden

MoMA, Floor 3, 3 South
The Edward Steichen Galleries