MOBILES
The swinging art
and the man who created it
an article by Richard Lemon 1965
Saturday Evening Post Feb. 27, 1965
with a Calder mobile on the front cover.
The start of the article shows an action photo of Calder sitting in the center stationary, and the motion of his mobiles in action. The first piece shown is a stabile, I have not seen it anywhere, it is called "Rat". I love it!! The humor of Calder really shows!
On the left a stabile "Bucephalus", on the right "Five Rudders".
Shown above is the Alexander Calder show at the Guggenheim. Where people were able to actually touch the giant stabiles and mobiles. "Albert Einstein once spent 40 minutes watching the entire cycle of a motorized mobile called A Universe at the Museum of Modern Art, and reportedly said he wishes he had thought of it himself".
Feel free to share it with others, I made it large enough to print out for your own copy of history. Enjoy... I am sure Calder would have wanted us too!! http://www.frithmobiles.com
