Cirque Calder [SEP] creator
Cirque Calder
Cirque Calder is an artistic rendering of a circus created by the American artist Alexander Calder. It involves wire models rigged to perform the various functions of the circus performers they represent, from contortionists to sword eaters to lion tamers. The models are made of various items, generally wire and wood. Calder began improvising performances of this circus during his time in Paris. He would comment in French during the performance.
The "Cirque Calder" is part of the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum in New York
medium for sculpture with his kinetic and movement based "Cirque Calder", as well as pieces such as "Two Acrobats", "Romulus and Remus", and "Hercules and Lion".
In 1926, after a stint spent making toys at the request of a Serbian toy merchant in Paris, Calder began creating his "Cirque Calder", a miniature, movable circus that uses movable wire models of various circus performers, like sword eaters and lion tamers. After this, Calder created complete pieces only using wire