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Alexander Calder: Un effet du Japonais

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This new catalogue from Pace Publishing—available in English and Japanese—accompanies Calder: Un effet du Japonais, a landmark exhibition of Alexander Calder’s work co-presented by Pace and Azabudai Hills Gallery in Tokyo.

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Exploring the enduring resonance of the American modernist’s art with Japanese traditions and aesthetics, Calder: Un effet du Japonais marks the first exhibition dedicated to Calder’s work to be mounted in Tokyo in nearly 35 years. Our publication features writings by Calder Foundation President Alexander S. C. Rower, who curated the exhibition in Tokyo; architect Stephanie Goto, a longtime Calder Foundation collaborator who has created a bespoke design for the show featuring elegant and modern references to Japanese architecture and materials; Pace CEO Marc Glimcher; Susan Braeuer Dam, Director of Research and Publications at the Calder Foundation; poet and essayist Jane Hirshfield; author Jean McGarry; and Akira Tatehata, a distinguished poet and critic and the Director of the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, in Japan.

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Contributors: Alexander S. C. Rower, Susan Braeuer Dam, Marc Glimcher, Jane Hirshfield, Jean McGarry, Stephanie Goto, Akira Tatehata
Publisher: Pace Publishing
Publication date: 2024
Hardcover
184 pages: 123 color images, 23 bw images
10 ¾ × 8 ½ inches
9781948701549

Calder Un Effet du Japonais. There is a black textured cover with red and white font all over.
The book is open to two pages with a red Calder hanging sculpture on the right page and a black tree like sculpture on the left page.
The book is open to two pages with black and white images of Calder and his work across the top of both. On the bottom left page, there is an essay in Japanese letters. On the right page, there is the same essay in English.
The book is open to two pages with a black and white photo of Calder in his studio across both.
The book Calder Un Effet Du Japonais is laying flat. The black cover is textured with red and white font.

Alexander Calder

Best known for his creation of the mobile, Alexander Calder is one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.

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