Made of wire, wood, metal, cloth, leather, these sculptures were specifically designed to be manipulated by Calder. The artist gave performances of his kinetic circus in New York and Paris throughout the 1930s, receiving critical acclaim for his elaborate creation of …

Alexander Calder: List of works - All Artworks by Date 1→10. List of works Featured works (9) ... Expressionism (99) Kinetic Art (63) Surrealism (25) Periods EARLY DEVELOPMENT: 1898–1925 (15) WIRE SCULPTURE AND THE CIRCUS: 1926–1930 (29) SHIFT TO ABSTRACTION: 1930–1936 (43) PUBLIC COMMISSIONS AND THE WAR: 1937–1945 (54)

‘A Universe’ was created in 1934 by Alexander Calder in Kinetic Art style. Find more prominent pieces of sculpture at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

Devil Fish was the first larger-scale stabile Calder made. By forming combinations of curved biomorphic shapes, Calder creates a swirling sense of motion, even in a static sculpture such as this. Later stabiles combined both organic and geometric forms.

‘TRIPLE GONG’ was created in c.1948 by Alexander Calder in Kinetic Art style. Find more prominent pieces of mobile at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

‘Arc of Petals’ was created in 1941 by Alexander Calder in Kinetic Art style. Find more prominent pieces of sculpture at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

‘SOUTHERN CROSS’ was created in 1963 by Alexander Calder in Kinetic Art style. Find more prominent pieces of sculpture at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

‘LITTLE SPIDER’ was created in c.1940 by Alexander Calder in Kinetic Art style. Find more prominent pieces of sculpture at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

Kinetic art is art from any medium that contains movement perceivable by the viewer or depends on motion for its effect. Canvas paintings that extend the viewer's perspective of the artwork and incorporate multidimensional movement are the earliest examples of kinetic art.

‘Mobile’ was created in 1932 by Alexander Calder in Kinetic Art style. Find more prominent pieces of sculpture at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.