Calder: Sculpting Time

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A wide-ranging selection of works from Calder’s most prolific period highlights the role of time in his groundbreaking sculptural practice Francisco Goya claimed in 1801 that “time also paints.” More than 200 years later, this quote, now turned maxim, could refer to the way in which time modifies how we relate to art. A more conceptual interpretation could also be held where time itself is the medium. Taken in this last interpretation, few artists have understood this notion better than Alexander Calder…