Calder: Nonspace

Alexander S. C. Rower

ISBN 10: 3906915360 / ISBN 13: 9783906915364

Published by Hauser and Wirth, CH, 2019

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Alexander Calder's monumental vision comes to life in this book, shedding light on the artist's extraordinary ability to transform space with art. "He has taken a given space and, by molding beautiful elements of steel around it, caused it to become nonspace." - James Jones, 1963. Calder: Nonspace takes its title from a 1963 essay by American novelist James Jones, written after his encounter with a group of large-scale sculptures at Alexander Calder's studio in Saché, France. In his essay, reprinted in this book, Jones astutely describes the artist's extraordinary ability to create works that transform their environments, as Calder's deep understanding of architectural and natural environments enabled him to reorder a viewer's perception of the world surrounding his sculptures.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Calder: Nonspace
• Publisher: Hauser and Wirth, CH
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3906915360
• ISBN 13: 9783906915364
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 960 grams

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Synopsis

Calder: Nonspace takes its title from a 1963 essay by American novelist James Jones, written after his encounter with a series of large-scale sculptures at Alexander Calder’s studio in Saché, France. In his essay, reprinted in this book, Jones astutely describes Calder’s deep understanding of architectural and natural environments, which enabled him to reorder a viewer’s perception of the world surrounding his sculptures.

This catalog explores this angle on Calder’s monumental vision by documenting an installation at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles. It consists of more than 30 stabiles, mobiles and standing mobiles woven through a specially designed environment created by New York architectural designer Stephanie Goto (whose projects include the New York restaurant Piora and the apartment of chef Daniel Boulud), along with five large-scale works set outdoors.

Goto also contributes an essay that explores the transformation of a classical gallery into a unified experience, and an essay by Andrew Berardini looks at the moments in Calder’s work where space is transformed by art.