Date. Period Project Reflection & Quiz “Wire Animal Sculpture” Please answer the following questions completely and neatly. 1. Did you complete a simple animal drawing? yes no (Please attach It to this paper It you ald, or do another drawing and then attach I). 2. What animal did you draw? 8. Where did you get the idea? book magazine ‘simple picture its something you draw often 4. Did you complete a wire sculpture? yes. «no. ‘5. What did you leam in this project? 6. Who is the artist who Invented the “mobile”? Vincent VanGough Georgia Keefe Alexander Calder Albrecht Durer 7.\sthis artist stil alive? yes no ‘8. Where did this aristve? Germany Italy USA 9. List at least 10 different ideas of people shapes that you could use in the next more ‘complicated sculpture. For example, “Jamaican Dancer’. 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9. 5. 10. 10. Pick one of the ideas from #9 above and draw a sketch on the back of this paper.Alexander Calder 1988-1976 I think best in wire. When everything has gone right, a mobile is a piece of poetry that dances with the joy of life. want to make things that are fun to look at. I take a piece of wood I’ve found, then I change it just enough so it turns into something different. Tove red so much that I almost want to paint everything red. Why should art stand still? The next step is sculpture in motion. They call me a ‘playboy’ you know. Iwant to make things that are ‘fun to look at, that have no propaganda value whatsoever. want my art to be serious without appearing so,ile he wae in Pars ving the 19204, Clderenjoped the feedom of expresion he fl Calder Css bad ‘ven im. Alvays unconventional hearst, began to resemble a character rit out fie circus He wore a suit made of racy weed loth, orange witha yellow po aul right red Socks. The at he wore with this ‘out and the orange bicyle he rode erm him the nickname, “the cantaloupe withthe straw hat" Calder wanted somehow to transfer the ‘noveaent ad usr fl is if thi at. ‘Around 1926, the artist began to make motorized and hand-cranked seulpres like Red Panel (below right) He also worked in wire, doing many portraits like the one shown above of is rend, French painter Fernand Léger (Leh JAY). He hang this wore ad many of his other wie seulpeure from the ceiling t0 sec how the lines and shapes related to each athe as ‘hey moved in the ac As the portale vibrated and tured, the thick and thin lines, curves and spaces ‘hanged constantly. Wites bent back on themselves 4 Seamus Ant “tty something new ech time: Youinvent you ge, epeang on he materi formed dr focal points. The wites ‘ast shadows on the wll an he lines the shadows created became pat ofthe work Calder sketched in wite ss another actist might sketch witha pene Sometimes he would carry hisshears, plies, and arll of wire to the gallery that was selling his work and create mote seulptures to add to the show, 11930, Calder had an experience that would transform hisart: While visting the audio of is end, ahsrct arts Mee Mondian, he saw Mondrian atest workin proses, Cader ater sid, "That sto was 8 ‘very exciting room. Light came in fom the lf and rom the right. Between the windows, squares of brillant ed ‘llow, and blue gape were pinned othe walls Even the record player wae painted bright eed. At ‘Monro tha day I fet ike a bay being slapped to make his lings star working... Late, auggested to ‘Mondeian that it might be fun to make these rectangles ‘move around. He replied, ‘No, that int necesary. My ining are lead very it“| think best in wire”—Alexander Calder Alehough Calder’ goal was a “ihen everyting as goe ight, tomakebisseulpeues move, the fine Amoble a plc of prt ha dances work dat could be called a wath the dent. On a moteized what Kind of aoe to se H el ave, you takes slow yer can conta yer snptre’s mavens heavy black ron all Thee heregrphy nal.” meal plates, When he pushed diferent sural when chi Teas at thispoint that Calder realelhe didn’ need amotoz He color But neatly al are based in cul makehissculpture move by some way on spect of che natural faneinghis shapes andusing ar’ workd—aninals, birds sti aren or the wind © move them. Sewnusre Aer 5FL SCU (6 Sevouase Ar penn ving in 1929 who happened to sce a copy of The New Yorker magne, ‘night have come upon this article "Conversation lagging ata lanes prey le night, Me ‘Alexander Calder of Philadephia Pennsylvania, amused is table companions bymakinga chicken ot of pce of fread anda ip.” ‘This was probably an unconventional and newsworthy event for people who were inthe bait of going to elegant restaurants inthe 1920s, Bt it was hardly ‘unusual condact for Calder. He wae own for his spontanoas and calor behavior, And making sculptures out ofthe nearest materials whereever he happened to be wat alifelong habit. eis no surprise that when he saw a piece of bread and abit of wite, he chose to make 2 bird. Many ofthe selptures Calder created throughout his career were bse on living organi plant sakes, elephants, pidess, tndervate creatures. He once sai, "To keep one rt young, one must fmitate Young animals, Whae da they do! They play YING LPTURES By looking at Caldees vworkshere and onthe next two pages can you el ind of animals they might be sed on Sometimes yo have to ead the let igure ot th natural ce or abject “on which the seulpcue i hed The @ four shown here are called Hen, Big Ed, Ble Fehr, and Floningo. They are made from dierent mateials each exemplifies aaj sculperal oem developed by Calder, Bu thee simplified, abstracted, organi shapes are type fall Calder’ wore Hen (below) is made of our senll places of woo! (Calde hiked to use natural shapes with very Tide earving). The seulprute i soll, sold abstracted, but clearly meaner bea bid Big Bl (le) ia example of abla mobili orm that stands on the ground and dos not mowe. This work eight fer al it towers over an ordinary person. Is bei fand wings are made eam wo lange fn pens of shect metal Each fla plane points in adifrene dlescion and the planes in fever: ‘The shapes in Blue Feathers (howe right) have been 30“iy shoul at tan sti The ret steps saturn moto.” “| want to make things that are fun to look at.” —Alexander Calder absreceed that iestead of literally che sculpte moves, depicting abt, the pie ugsess causing the work natural concepts suchas floating, to change fom seating, wind, wings, feather, sina low Bue Feather combines inate (Calde two mest importa Tater in his inventions—the moble andthe care, Calder began making state, The interconnected Yines enormous public seulbeures and pastive shapes inthe piece Flamingo (pages 89) ia 30-00, sx qualities ofa create ofthe natal ‘eo ama ed ang is head buried in water Overhis 60 yen carer, in addition this elptures, Calder created thousands af drawings, tos jewelry, tapestries, and paintings. His wor iebited all over the world Calder died in New Yor in 1976, Seva Ast 7