Works of Calder

The film begins with a sun materializing out of the emptiness of space. In the first of three sequences we see various images from nature against music: the sky, trees, leaves, a bird, water, sand, a beach. A little boy wanders along the beach observing the natural world around him. He walks and presently comes to a house and peers inside. The second sequence has no music. The narrator speaks of sculptor Alexander Calder and his work, as we see Calder in his workshop, cutting and creating unusual shapes, and seeing the resultant artworks. The last sequence has music as we view images of Calder's work. However, now they are intercut with images from nature so that we understand that Calder's inspiration is the natural world around him. The film ends as it began, with an image of the sun, now fading into the sky.

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Hieronymus Bosch: The Mysteries of Hieronymus Bosch

Hieronymus Bosch: The Mysteries of Hieronymus Bosch

1983

Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer

Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer

2010

Jumalainen valo - Leonardo da Vilhu

2013

Bruin Jackson Superstar

Bruin Jackson Superstar

2024

Free Space

Free Space

2024

Splinters - A Century of an Artistic Family

2011

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed

2021

Adventures in Plymptoons!

2011

Echo in the Desert

Imitating Life - The Audacity of Suzanne Heintz

Imitating Life - The Audacity of Suzanne Heintz

2019

Eric Carle, Picture Writer: The Art of the Picture Book

Eric Carle, Picture Writer: The Art of the Picture Book

2011

Allen Jones: Women and Men

Allen Jones: Women and Men

2007

Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper

2007

Pivetta

Pivetta

2021

Through Alan Glass

Through Alan Glass

2006

Baldiga: Unlocked Heart

Baldiga: Unlocked Heart

2024

Picasso

Picasso

1954

The Life and Death of Frida Kahlo

Who Named the Lily?

Who Named the Lily?

2023

Mary Bauermeister - Eins plus eins ist drei

Mary Bauermeister - Eins plus eins ist drei

2021