Ceiling Art
1/80s @ f/9, ISO 250, Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8 @ 27mm.(EoD)
Calder’s Untitled, 1976. One of Calder’s last commissions designed for the atrium of the East Building, National Gallery of Art. Since steel (his traditional material) was too heavy, he used honeycombed aluminum, an extremely light yet durable material originally developed for aeronautics in its place. The new material also improved the mobile’s ability to respond to air currents. He died about a year before the full-scale work was installed
Uploaded on June 06, 2011