Jewelry by Alexander Calder On View at the Norton Museum of Art

published Feb 27, 2008
Jewelry by Alexander Calder On View at the Norton Museum of Art
The first exhibition devoted exclusively to Alexander Calder's unique body of jewelry work will be presented at the Norton Museum of Art.

Co-organized by the Norton Museum and the Calder Foundation, the exhibition consists of approximately 100 objects, including necklaces, bracelets, brooches, earrings and tiaras.

Calder Jewelry demonstrates how the artist's jewelry has the same dynamic and dimensional aspects as his celebrated mobiles, which revolutionized the art of sculpture.

"For Alexander Calder, each piece of jewelry was a work of sculptural art.

His inventive jewelry techniques echoed those used for his world-famous sculptures," said Norton Museum of Art Director, Christina Orr-Cahall.

"The Norton is delighted to organize and present this unprecedented exhibition."

Organized as a collaboration between Alexander S.C. Rower, Chairman and Director of the Calder Foundation and Mark Rosenthal, Adjunct Curator of Contemporary Art to the Norton Museum of Art, Calder Jewelry provides a full examination of the artist's achievement in the realm of jewelry.

"Although the art of Calder has been widely celebrated and examined in numerous museum and gallery exhibitions, his work in the field of jewelry is far less known," said Mark Rosenthal," This exhibition further demonstrates why he is considered to be one of the most innovative modern American artists."