South East North West: New Works from the Collection, October 30, 2020 - October 3, 2021, New Wing, Second Floor, North, South and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Momentum: An Experience in the Unexpected, October 2, 2014 - February 22, 2015, New Wing, Second Floor, North and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Local Color, July 26, 2012 - January 13, 2013, New Wing, Second Floor, Central Skylight and South Metro A Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Alexander Calder: Color in Motion, August 1, 2009 through December 13, 2009, New Wing, Second Floor, South Gallery, San José Museum of Art.

It's About Time: Celebrating 35 Years, October 3, 2004 - February 13, 2005, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Momentum: An Experience in the Unexpected (2014-2015)

Although many of Alexander Calder's sculptures from the 1950s were fabricated in factories, Big Red is one of the few mobiles from this period that the artist crafted by hand—even to applying the primary red he came to admire by way of his friend the artist Piet Mondrian (1872 – 1944). "I love red so much," Calder once declared, "I almost want to paint everything red." Over the course of his career, Calder challenged the long-held notion that sculpture was static and stationary. Big Red’s flat, abstract elements are carefully linked together by wire and respond to the subtlest currents of air.


Local Color (2012-2013)

Although many of Alexander Calder’s sculptures from the 1950s were fabricated in factories, Big Red is one of the few mobiles from this period that the artist crafted by hand—even to applying the primary red he came to admire by way of his friend the artist Piet Mondrian (1872 – 1944). “I love red so much,” Calder once declared, “I almost want to paint everything red.” The sculpture’s flat, abstract elements are carefully linked together by wire and respond to the subtlest currents of air. Big Red reveals the artist’s inspiration in and fascination with the stars and planets.

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Alexander Calder: Color in Motion San Jose Museum of Art , 8/1/2009 - 12/13/2009

• Sculpture Dimensions: 60 x 48 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.92 x 121.92 cm)

This object has the following bibliographic references:

• Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection. Selections: The San Jose Museum of Art Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art. San Jose, CA, 2004
  Page Number: 46-47

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