Calder

A beautifully produced monograph on American sculptor Alexander Calder (1898-1976), one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century, this book comprises a critical essay, a superb selection of colour plates, invaluable excerpts from the artist's writings and interviews, a chronology, a bibliography and an exhibition history. Calder, best known for his 'mobiles' and abstract constructions achieved vast popular acclaim as well as profound respect from the art world during his lifetime, perhaps more than any other artist at the time, Picasso included.The extensive coverage of his life's work assimilates works spanning his entire career, as well as providing a sense of the artist as a person, as it gets behind the scenes of his artistic life to shed light on his work from the perspective of individuals who knew and, to a certain degree, influenced him. The inclusion of documentary photographs of Calder and his studio by major photographers, including Ugo Mulas, Inge Morath and Herbert Matter, allows insight into the ways in which his life shaped his work. Altogether, the compilation is a wonderful artistic achievement - from the depiction of Calder's work, to the images captured by established photographers, to the actual presentation of this unique assortment of rare materials.

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Carmen Gimenez is Curator of Twentieth-Century Art, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, where her exhibitions include 'Picasso and the Age of Iron' (1993), 'Brancusi: The Essence of Things' (2004) and 'Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History' (2006). For the Guggenheim Bilbao she curated 'Richard Serra: Sculpture' (1999) and 'Calder: Gravity and Grace' (2003), as well as the installation 'Richard Serra: The Matter of Time' (2005). During her years as Director of the National Centre for Exhibitions for the Spanish Ministry of Culture (1984-1989), she was responsible for the transformation of Madrid's former 18th century Hospital de San Carlos into the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. In 1997 she was put in charge of transforming the Palacio de Buenavista into the Museo Picasso Malaga, which opened under her directorship in 2004.Alexander S C Rower is Chairman and Director of the Calder Foundation, New York, and grandson of the artist. He has written and lectured extensively on Calder's life and work.Francisco Calvo Serraller is Professor of Art History at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid.

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Introduction by Carmen Gimenez; Essay by Francisco Calvo Serraller; Texts by and about Calder (the artist's writings and quotations, selections from his authobiography, texts by other authors, interviews with Calder) compiled by Carmen Gimenez; Plates section; Chronology, Bibliography and Exhibition History compiled by Alexander SC Rower

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