Calder - Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome

For the first time in Rome, opens the exhibition of Alexander Calder. At the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome from October 23, 2009 until 14 February 2010.

The American author of the famous "Mobile" sculptures is one of the most famous artist of modernity, was born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania in 1898 and died in New York in 1976.

Calder grew up in a family of artists: his father and grandfather were both sculptors of success, while his mother was a painter. Despite his early artistic talent, Calder and performs the job of studying engineering before deciding that his work will be the artist. In 1923 moves to New York and began studying drawing and painting at the Art Students League.

After graduation and an involvement in the Parisian avant-garde during the '20s, the following years Calder made his first Mobile, which was Marcel Duchamp to give his name.

In these sculptures, Calder standardize the form, color and movement.

At the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome will be on display over 100 of these works from major public and private collections and from the Calder Foundation, creating an itinerary that starts from the creations of the twenties.

Will be exhibited among them, a selection of the most important works by Calder, including some of the sculptures in the exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in 1943.

There will be some curiosity as works rarely seen by the general public.

Launch of the exhibition shows the way of Rome sculptures in iron wire (Wire Sculpture) of acrobats, animals and portraits, created mostly in the '20s in Paris.

A lesser-known series of small bronzes of 1930 with pictures of contortionists and acrobats, will watch as Calder has built 's idea of movement in his art through the experience of different techniques.

The participation of all Calder abstraction, occurs after a visit to Mondrian's Paris studio, and is documented by an' important selection of works. Through some masterpieces made in the mid-30s instead, we can retrace the passion to Calder for the current surrealism.