In the early 1930s, Alexander Calder’s mobiles provided a dynamic, new experience of sculpture that incorporated movement, activating their architectural settings and inviting viewers’ engagement. French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre, once wrote that a Calder mobile is “a pure stream of movement in the same way as there are pure streams of light.” In this video, the High’s Frances B. Bunzl Family Curator of European Art, Claudia Einecke, talks about this amazing work of art and gives a

Step into Alexander Calder's inventive world, from early wire sculptures to mobiles in motion. __ © 2021 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York | MoMA The Museum of Modern Art