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Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art

Take a moment and consider how utterly amazing the mobile is. They hang over babies’ cribs, in classrooms, children’s museums, toy stores and candy shops. The whimsical moving sculptures that transform with the power of wind were invented by Alexander Calder in the 1930s. Calder’s background as an engineer is credited with helping him develop his now famous formula for balance and motion. An exhibit at Duke University's Nasher Museum called “Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy” focuses on Calder’s influence on the current generation of artists. Sarah Schroth, senior curator at the museum, joins host Frank Stasio in the studio to discuss Calder's amazing career.

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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