Making the Mobiles Move

1970s Artists Visitors

Alexander Calder has some hands-on fun with his mobiles.

And the Calder exhibition came, and Calder actually himself came with his grandkids and they all got given T-shirts and they walked around. And Calder showed how every one of the pieces did things that people who owned them didn't even know, like they jumped over things or whatever circus acts and different stuff like that.

Installation view, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, MCA Chicago, Oct 26–Dec 8, 1974. Photo © MCA Chicago.

Installation view, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, MCA Chicago, Oct 26–Dec 8, 1974. Photo © MCA Chicago.

Installation view, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, MCA Chicago, Oct 26–Dec 8, 1974. Photo © MCA Chicago.

Installation view, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, MCA Chicago, Oct 26–Dec 8, 1974. Photo © MCA Chicago.

Installation view, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, MCA Chicago, Oct 26–Dec 8, 1974. Photo © MCA Chicago.

Installation view, Alexander Calder: A Retrospective Exhibition, MCA Chicago, Oct 26–Dec 8, 1974. Photo © MCA Chicago.

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