A long time ago I decided, indeed, I was told that primitive art is better than decadent art. So I decided to remain as primitive as possible, and thus I have avoided mechanization of tools, etc. (in spite of having been trained as an engineer).
This, too, permits of a more variable attack on problems, for when one has an elegant set of tools one feels it a shame, or a loss, not to use them.
When I am at a loss for inspiration I think of what Sweeney, or Sartre, or perhaps one or two others, have written on my work and this makes me feel very happy, and I go to work with renewed enthusiasm.
The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago. Mobiles by Alexander Calder. Exhibition catalogue. 1935.
James Johnson Sweeney, Alexander Calder’s Mobiles
Solo Exhibition CatalogueAlmine Rech Gallery, New York. Calder and Picasso. Exhibition catalogue. 2016.
Robert Slifkin, The Mobile Line
Susan Braeuer Dam, Liberating Lines
Jordana Mendelson, Picasso, Miró, and Calder at the 1937 Spanish Pavilion in Paris
Group Exhibition CataloguePace Gallery, New York, and Acquavella Galleries Inc., New York. Calder/Miró: Constellations. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Rizzoli, 2017. Boxed set includes three volumes: Calder: Constellations, Miró: Constellations, and Calder/Miró: Chronology and Correspondence.
Alexander S. C. Rower, Deployed Nuclei
Group Exhibition CatalogueDenver Botanic Gardens. Calder: Monumental. Exhibition catalogue. 2017.
Alexander S. C. Rower, Approximations of Perfection
Solo Exhibition Catalogue
