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Gr 2-4 What childor adultis not intrigued by a mobile: moving, swaying, changing in light and space as it intrigues and delights. Calder's name is nearly synonymous with these creations, and Stone and Kulikov spin out a fast-moving tale that is in keeping with their high-energy subject. From childhood, Sandy produced an array of objects for friends and family from found materials. As an adult, when hired to draw pictures of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, he took the project one step further, bringing the circus to life with bits of wire, cork, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Lucky Sandy! Alexander Calder's painter mother and sculptor father made sure the boy had the tools he needed to work at his passion for contriving things from scrap—toys, jewelry, a castle, circus animals. As an adult, he studied engineering; then, inspired by seeing a glorious "fiery red sunrise" paired with a setting moon "like a silver coin," he went to art school. Soon afterward he was fashioning an elaborate circus of "tiny pieces of wire, cork, cloth, buttons, yarn, string, leather, paper, and bits of woo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Calder fashioned an elaborate circus of "tiny pieces of wire, cork, cloth, buttons, yarn, string, leather, paper, and bits of ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Tanya Lee Stone’s entertaining account of Alexander Calder’s first endeavor in the realm of kinetic sculpture will fascinate readers and provide a fun introduction to modern art. One of the most impressive aspects of Sandy’s Circus is the way it demonstrates that for Calder, art was largely a social practice. As a child, Alexander, nicknamed Sandy, is shown making toys for his sister while neighborhood kids look on; as a you...Log In or Sign Up to Read More