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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Manhole by Alexandra Neuman, Image 1.

    Alexandra Neuman

    Manhole, 2015

    Digital video

  2. Dog Day Cicada Wings, Tibicen canicularis, from the series Photographic Survey of the American Yard by Joshua White, Image 1.

    Joshua White

    Dog Day Cicada Wings, Tibicen canicularis, from the series Photographic Survey of the American Yard, 2014

    Archival pigment print

    4 x 4 in (10.16 x 10.16 cm)

  3. Mann by Irwin Hollander, Image 1.

    Irwin Hollander

    Mann, 1978

    Lithograph on paper

    22.25 x 15.25 in (56.52 x 38.74 cm)

  4. Child by Paul Resika, Image 1.

    Paul Resika

    Child, 1963

    Lithograph on paper

    12.75 x 10 in (32.39 x 25.4 cm)

  5. Arthur Segal

    Untitled, No date

    Woodcut on paper

    11.25 x 15.375 in (28.58 x 39.05 cm)

  6. Turk, New York, New York by Larry Fink, Image 2.

    Larry Fink

    Turk, New York, New York, 1958, printed 2019

    Archival pigment print

    22 x 17 in (55.88 x 43.18 cm)

  7. Plate 10 (from Graceland) by William Eggleston, Image 2.

    William Eggleston

    Plate 10 (from Graceland), 1983-1984

    Dye transfer print

    14 x 22 in (35.56 x 55.88 cm)

  8. Pozes by Georgia Blizzard, Image 1.

    Georgia Blizzard

    Pozes

    Ceramic

    11 x 8.5 in (27.94 x 21.59 cm)

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About the artist

Alexander Calder

American

1898-1976

American sculptor. Calder was born into a family of artistic background, but was originally more interested in engineering. He attended the Stevens Institute of Technology where he pursued engineering, and eventually enrolled in the Art Student’s League in New York and began working as a freelance illustrator. During this time, he also began painting and sculpting. Had his first solo show in New York, then departed for Paris where he began working on one of his best known projects: “Calder Circus.” He brought his “Circus” back to the United States in the early 1930s and became interested in Surrealist painting, particularly the works of Joan Miro and Piet Mondrian. From this attraction to form and color, Calder began to express these fundememtal elements of design using aluminum and wire. His internationally acclaimed sulptures included smaller "mobiles," and larger "stablies." His sculptures often used the natural forces of wind and water to make them kinetic. Calder's first major show was at the Museum of Modern Art in 1943. Over the span of his career, Calder has created thousands of works including monuments for the Lincoln center in New York and UNESCO in Paris.