Alexander Calder, A Universe, 1934, Painted iron pipe, steel wire, motor, and wood with string, 40 1/2" (102.9 cm) high. Motor-driven mobile: painted iron pipe, wire, and wood with string. Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange). © 2007 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

NEW YORK.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Focus: Alexander Calder, on view through February 18, 2008. This single gallery installation, drawn from MoMA’s extensive collection of Alexander Calder’s art, focuses on early wire sculptures and mobiles created between the late 1920s and the late 1940s, prior to the artist’s shift to monumental constructions and public works. The works reveal the artist’s early interest in kinetic art and his ability to create a vital, three-dimensional world that moved beyond fixed, static forms. The installation underscores the visual sophistication and inventiveness of Calder’s approach to making art, which quietly revolutionized ideas about what modern sculpture could be. Organized by Anne Umland, Curator, with Veronica Roberts, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art.
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