Calder Countdown
Well, it's been a surreal Friday...in many ways.
This Sunday marks the closing of the exhibition of The Surreal Calder at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. I managed to get away from work and take a docent tour. If you're in the Twin Cities area this weekend, make sure that you get to it. It's a must-see.
The exhibition includes his trademark mobiles (a mechanical engineer, he invented them and coined the term), several of his constellations, his "monsters," his found objects, and best of all, a twenty-minute film of Calder's famous Circus (click here to see a video clip). His stuff is so incredible, so whimsical, so funny, and so touching. Of the surrealists, Calder is one of my favorites.
This Sunday marks the closing of the exhibition of The Surreal Calder at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. I managed to get away from work and take a docent tour. If you're in the Twin Cities area this weekend, make sure that you get to it. It's a must-see.
The exhibition includes his trademark mobiles (a mechanical engineer, he invented them and coined the term), several of his constellations, his "monsters," his found objects, and best of all, a twenty-minute film of Calder's famous Circus (click here to see a video clip). His stuff is so incredible, so whimsical, so funny, and so touching. Of the surrealists, Calder is one of my favorites.
posted by Kristine | Friday, September 08, 2006
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