#13 - Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976)

Tom's
1974
Painted sheet metal
National Gallery of Art East Building

FIRST - read about Calder's mobile, "Untitled" in the National Gallery's East Building: 

• ​http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.56517.html

NEXT - watch this video and takes notes with particular focus on his:

1. development and innovation as an artist
2. use of line in his sculptures
3. transition from narration to abstraction
4. ability to engage the viewer
5. mobiles v. stabiles v. wall-hangings v. wire sculptures
6. use of space  & response to environment ("off the plinth")

THEN - answer the following questions: 

1. There are reasons why an artist would title a work "Untitled".... what was Calder's reason for using this title for the mobile, which hangs in the East Building of The National Gallery, D.C.  
2. Consider the points made in the video; how could one or more of them apply to YOUR sculpture?