Untitled 1956/2022 #10

The Calder Question - Season 1

Calder Foundation and TRLab have joined forces with two-time Emmy® Award-winning motion designer Raoul Marks to create 5 limited edition NFT artworks for Season 1 of The Calder Question based on these 5 Calder mobiles:

- Vertical Foliage, 1941

- Eucalyptus, 1940

- Snow Flurry, 1948

- Tines, 1943

- Untitled, 1956

Raoul Marks: "This 1956 work by Calder seems to hang like the heavens above you. It defines a barrier that feels almost tactile while being transient—not dissimilar to trying to perceive the end of the sky. Floating along the edge of the stratosphere as if weightless and unbound by physics was the goal for me here. I’ve presented this work in a landscape format, which best captures the scale of Calder’s forms. The monolithic quality of the elements instantly takes me to an almost Kubrick-like space-heaven. I wanted to depict these forms as giant dark brooding bodies in space, passing overhead."

Jointly developed by Calder Foundation and TRLab, The Calder Question is the first official NFT experience dedicated to pioneering 20th Century artist Alexander Calder. The experience takes appreciation for fine art to another level: it is an innovative, education-driven digital collecting journey that brings you closer to an artist and their legacy like never before.

The Calder Question will challenge participants’ assumptions about Calder and deepen their understanding of his art, culminating in a singular opportunity to collect limited-edition NFTs created specifically for this partnership. It begins with an orientation to Calder’s life and work that sets the stage for participants to explore four of Calder’s signature art forms in detail: mobiles, early abstractions, figurative wire sculptures, and sound-making works. The Calder Foundation will use the proceeds to establish a new conservation fund for the restoration of Calder sculptures.

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