Objects In Space: L茅ger, 惭颈谤贸, Calder
Hammer Galleries to present Objects In Space: L茅ger, 惭颈谤贸 , Calder with two additions exclusively for TEFAF 2013 - Komposition II, with Red , 1926 - by Dutch Master Piet Mondrian on loan from a private collection and Untitled, 1930, an early Calder oil painting on loan from the Calder Foundation.
Following the success of past TEFAF exhibitions such as Renoir (2011) and Modern Masters: Paris & Beyond (2012), Hammer Galleries continues its tradition of presenting curated, thematic exhibitions at TEFAF with its 2013 exhibition entitled - Objects In Space: L茅ger, 惭颈谤贸 , Calder.
This exhibition explores how Fernand L茅ger (1881 鈥� 1955), Joan 惭颈谤贸 (1893 鈥� 1983) and Alexander Calder (1898 鈥� 1976), three of the most innovative artists of the twentieth century, grappled with the question of how to describe 鈥渕otion鈥� in art, or put another way, of how to describe 鈥渙bjects in space.鈥� Taking its title from the superb L茅ger oil of 1931, Objets dans l鈥檈space, the exhibition examines some of the parallel aesthetic interests and concerns that these three artists shared while working in Paris during the 1920s and 30s and as well as throughout the rest of their careers.
L茅ger and 惭颈谤贸, though coming from very different perspectives, would both attempt to give their 鈥渙bjects鈥� a sense of 鈥渋mplied motion鈥� in the two dimensional 鈥渟pace鈥� of their canvases. Calder would radically 鈥渇ree motion,鈥� by making the astonishing leap to 鈥減lastic objects鈥� in actual three dimensional 鈥渟pace鈥� and fourth dimensional 鈥渢ime,鈥� thus inventing an entirely new art form, the 鈥渕obile.鈥�
Calder met both Mondrian and L茅ger through the increasingly popular performances of his Cirque Calder and sought out a meeting with 惭颈谤贸. Calder鈥檚 wire sculpture brought him early success and fame in the Parisian art world, but in October of 1930 a visit to the studio of Mondrian (鈥渢he shock that started things鈥�) would cause his abrupt conversion to abstraction, an event he would recount in his Autobiography and elsewhere. Years later, Calder would also add both L茅ger and 惭颈谤贸 as important to his dramatic shift:
鈥淢y first abstract things grew out of meeting Mondrian, L茅ger, 惭颈谤贸. At first I began to paint, but this lasted only a few weeks as I soon began to work with wire (with which I had long been conversant) and detached objects. - Alexander Calder, 1943
Exclusively for its exhibition at TEFAF 2013, Hammer Galleries will present a rare oil painting by the Dutch Master Piet Mondrian (1872 -1944), Komposition II, with Red, 1926, on loan from a private collection. Also, on special loan from the Calder Foundation in New York, will be an early Calder oil (Untitled, 1930) completed shortly after Calder鈥檚 catalytic visit to Mondrian鈥檚 studio. This work was included in the highly praised exhibition Alexander Calder- The Great Discovery at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands in 2012.
Featuring over fifteen paintings and five mobiles ranging in date from 1926 -1976, Objects In Space: L茅ger, 惭颈谤贸 , Calder will be on view in Hammer Galleries booth (#449) at TEFAF Maastricht from March 14-25, 2013. The exhibition will be accompanied by an 88 page color catalog.
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Hammer Galleries to present Objects In Space: L茅ger, 惭颈谤贸 , Calder with two additions exclusively for TEFAF 2013 - Komposition II, with Red , 1926 - by Dutch Master Piet Mondrian on loan from a private collection and Untitled, 1930, an early Calder oil painting on loan from the Calder Foundation.
Following the success of past TEFAF exhibitions such as Renoir (2011) and Modern Masters: Paris & Beyond (2012), Hammer Galleries continues its tradition of presenting curated, thematic exhibitions at TEFAF with its 2013 exhibition entitled - Objects In Space: L茅ger, 惭颈谤贸 , Calder.
This exhibition explores how Fernand L茅ger (1881 鈥� 1955), Joan 惭颈谤贸 (1893 鈥� 1983) and Alexander Calder (1898 鈥� 1976), three of the most innovative artists of the twentieth century, grappled with the question of how to describe 鈥渕otion鈥� in art, or put another way, of how to describe 鈥渙bjects in space.鈥� Taking its title from the superb L茅ger oil of 1931, Objets dans l鈥檈space, the exhibition examines some of the parallel aesthetic interests and concerns that these three artists shared while working in Paris during the 1920s and 30s and as well as throughout the rest of their careers.
L茅ger and 惭颈谤贸, though coming from very different perspectives, would both attempt to give their 鈥渙bjects鈥� a sense of 鈥渋mplied motion鈥� in the two dimensional 鈥渟pace鈥� of their canvases. Calder would radically 鈥渇ree motion,鈥� by making the astonishing leap to 鈥減lastic objects鈥� in actual three dimensional 鈥渟pace鈥� and fourth dimensional 鈥渢ime,鈥� thus inventing an entirely new art form, the 鈥渕obile.鈥�
Calder met both Mondrian and L茅ger through the increasingly popular performances of his Cirque Calder and sought out a meeting with 惭颈谤贸. Calder鈥檚 wire sculpture brought him early success and fame in the Parisian art world, but in October of 1930 a visit to the studio of Mondrian (鈥渢he shock that started things鈥�) would cause his abrupt conversion to abstraction, an event he would recount in his Autobiography and elsewhere. Years later, Calder would also add both L茅ger and 惭颈谤贸 as important to his dramatic shift:
鈥淢y first abstract things grew out of meeting Mondrian, L茅ger, 惭颈谤贸. At first I began to paint, but this lasted only a few weeks as I soon began to work with wire (with which I had long been conversant) and detached objects. - Alexander Calder, 1943
Exclusively for its exhibition at TEFAF 2013, Hammer Galleries will present a rare oil painting by the Dutch Master Piet Mondrian (1872 -1944), Komposition II, with Red, 1926, on loan from a private collection. Also, on special loan from the Calder Foundation in New York, will be an early Calder oil (Untitled, 1930) completed shortly after Calder鈥檚 catalytic visit to Mondrian鈥檚 studio. This work was included in the highly praised exhibition Alexander Calder- The Great Discovery at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands in 2012.
Featuring over fifteen paintings and five mobiles ranging in date from 1926 -1976, Objects In Space: L茅ger, 惭颈谤贸 , Calder will be on view in Hammer Galleries booth (#449) at TEFAF Maastricht from March 14-25, 2013. The exhibition will be accompanied by an 88 page color catalog.
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