Alexander Calder; sculpture.

After looking at so many paintings by inspiring artists it was very refreshing to view a sculpture which inspired me.

Alexander Calder has been of high influence to me over the past few weeks, an example of one of his sculptures is 'Steel Fish' (1934) as shown below:

As shown the sculpture is very minimal yet proceeds with the Suprematism theme of it being ready and able to be mass produced.

It has inspired me to bring my ideas out of the canvas and to be more experimental with shapes and 3D work, It still consists of the black lines and strong block colours I love. The lines lead the viewers eye to the colours at the end of the metal rods and the blank space behind it has made me consider moving my paintings and experiencing with different backgrounds; the white space makes the colours pop, it almost looks like It is on a canvas.

This piece particularly reminds me of Joan Miro's work which I love, very minimal colours could be something for me to consider after using so many different bright colours. It takes me back to the work I was doing last year after looking at Mondrian and De Stijil which I consider returning to.