Alexander Calder has created a mobile sculpture, this is using movement by means of the air flow only, but still counts as a kinetic sculpture. Calder has used junk items which looks like they have been found from the beach to create the fish, this brings in again a connotation of waste and the effect of this on the environment, or in this case the effect on marine life. I like how these items are sourced directly from the beach, i feel this brings greater impact on its concept.
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Alexander Calder, American, b. Lawnton, Pennsylvania, 1898–1976
Painted metal rod, wire, metal, plastic, wood, glass and ceramic fragments, 16 1/4 x 48 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (41.3 x 122.2 x 11.4 cm)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number: 66.785
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection, American Abstraction (Mid-Century)
