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Alexander Calder: Minimal / Maximal (dt./engl.)
Calder’s sculptural works can fit in the palm of a hand, or tower over a city square. This fascinating exhibition catalog examines how the artist’s sensitivity to matters of size, scale and shape engaged audiences in a variety of ways.
Few artists are able to work successfully on both large and small scales, but throughout his career Calder brilliantly moved from the miniature to the monumental and back again. This publication focuses on the enormous stabiles he created mostly for public places, as well as his elegant hanging mobiles in sheet metal, miniature standing mobiles, and chess sets, shedding light on the social and performative aspects of his work. Essays explore how Calder approached the effects of kinetics and space, solidity and transparency, stasis and activity, volume and void. The book also looks at how Calder’s small-scale sculptures echoed the public spectacle of his larger pieces, creating a “private drama” that encouraged direct participation. Whatever the size, Calder’s works employed movement and interaction in unpredictable ways, and this enlightening book helps readers appreciate the important continuity of his oeuvre.
Exhibition Itinerary: Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, August 22, 2021 – February 13, 2022
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Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
THE STAATLICHE MUSEEN ZU BERLIN (National Museums in Berlin), THE STAATLICHE KUNSTSAMMLUNGEN DRESDEN (Dresden Art Collections) and THE BAYERISCHE STAATSGEMÄLDESAMMLUNGEN MÜNCHEN (Bavarian State Painting Collections Munich) are Germany’s three leading Museum Institutions.
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Joachim Jäger
Joachim Jäger is director of the Neue Nationalgalerie and deputy director of the Nationalgalerie. He has been the curator of countless exhibitions.
Udo Kittelmann is curator and artistic director of the Museum Frieder Burda, Baden Baden. From 2008 to 2020, he was director of the Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Maike Steinkamp is curator at the Neue Nationalgalerie. Her focus is on German and international art and cultural politics since the 1930s.
Udo Kittelmann
Udo Kittelmann is director of the Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.