Alexander Calder belongs to an artistic tradition that breaks away from academic conventions, drawing influences from Russian Constructivism, geometric abstraction, and Surrealism. Inspired by Mondrian, he translates the strict compositional logic of Neoplasticism into three-dimensional space, freeing line and color from the pictorial plane to create dynamic, floating structures. The influence of Miró is evident in his biomorphic forms, evoking a playful and cosmic universe where balance appears spontaneous yet relies on a precise mastery of tension and force. Calder is also deeply connected to mechanical invention and the pursuit of kinetic art, inheriting principles from Futurism and Bauhaus experimentation. His sculptural approach, which defies the weight of matter to engage in a dialogue with space and emptiness, extends the modernist quest for a total art that blends engineering with poetic vision. Through this fusion of science and sensitivity, he invents a new sculptural dimension where movement becomes a language of its own, oscillating between chance and calculation, gravity and weightlessness.
