Wire sculptures, by Alexander Calder

Installation view of Alexander Calder, Gamma, 1947 and Red and Yellow Vane, 1934
Installation view of Alexander Calder, Gamma, 1947 and Red and Yellow Vane, 1934

An exhibition of Alexander Calder’s sculpture work is set to open at the Tate Modern in London this week.

The exhibition space for Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture was designed by in-house curators Ann Coxton, Achim Borchardt-Hume and Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, in collaboration with consultancy Herzog de Meuron.

It includes 100 pieces of art which aim to demonstrate how Calder turns sculpture from “static object” to “continually changing work”.

Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture is on 11 November 2015 – 3 April 2016 at Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG.

Calder’s wire portraits (Joan Miró, 1929; Fernand Léger, 1930; and Varése, c.1930)
Calder’s wire portraits (Joan Miró, 1929; Fernand Léger, 1930; and Varése, c.1930)
Calder’s mobiles and stabiles
Calder’s mobiles and stabiles
Alexander Calder, The Brass Family, 1929
Alexander Calder, The Brass Family, 1929

All photos courtesy Joe Humphrys, Tate Photography. © 2015 Calder Foundation, New York / DACS, London