A mobile (UK: / ˈ m oʊ b aɪ l /, [1] US: / ˈ m oʊ b iː l /) [2] is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of a number of rods, from which weighted objects or further rods hang.

2018年8月20日 · Here, we survey seven artists whose innovative projects reject stasis in favor of perpetual spinning, shifting, rising, falling. In other words, they embrace change. Marcel Duchamp’s first readymade (a sculpture composed of everyday objects) was also, in a sense, a mobile. Bicycle Wheel (1913) simply comprises a bicycle wheel mounted on a stool.

2023年9月21日 · Alexander Calder’s Mobile is a hanging mobile made from wire, string, wood, and metal. There are around six hanging tiers connected to one another by what appears to be wire and possibly a string.

Indeed, it was the French artist Marcel Duchamp who christened Calder's hanging sculptures "mobiles." For works such as this one, Calder cut sheet metal into various shapes and assembled these elements in a chain-linked system so that the flat …

A list of mobile artists (sculptors) who have made important contributions to the art form of mobiles, including short biographies and photos of their art work.

A mobile is a type of sculpture that is formed of delicate components which are suspended in the air and move in response to air currents or motor power. Artist Alexander Calder was the originator of the mobile. By suspending forms that move with the …

2025年1月9日 · Alexander Calder, Vertical Foliage, 1941. 5. Mobile sur deux plans (1966) Graceful and light, Mobile on Two Planes is composed of an assemblage of brightly colored metal sheets attached to the ends of long metal rods. Despite the monumental size of the sculpture, a simple breath of air is enough to set it in motion, giving it an infinite range of possible forms.

Mobile, abstract sculpture that has moving parts, driven either by motors or the natural force of wind. The word mobile was initially suggested by Marcel Duchamp for a 1932 Paris exhibition of such works by the American artist Alexander Calder.

2017年8月22日 · Most people are familiar with baby mobiles. Fewer know them as an interior decorating accessory. And even fewer know them as a fine-art form. What are mobiles? Who invented them? To start, mobiles are a type of suspended sculpture based on balance and characterized by the ability to move.

mobile (mō´bēl), a type of moving sculptural artwork developed by Alexander Calder in 1932 and named by Marcel Duchamp. Often constructed of colored metal pieces connected by wires or rods, the mobile has moving parts that are sensitive to a breeze or light touch; it can be designed to hang from the ceiling or stand free on the floor.