""I'm hoping that Calder Gardens will really actually be a place for introspection," said Sandy Rower, president of the Calder Foundation (and grandson of the sculptor). Beneath the garden, 31 Calder works fill an indoor/outdoor sanctuary. The space is meant for reflection and contemplation. "We really want you to be able to have an unmitigated experience. We want nobody between you and the art," Rower said."
""Calder is best known for transforming the way we interpret art forms. Rower said, "My grandfather realized you could draw a figure in a wire - like, a two-dimensional drawing but expanded in three dimensions. Make a volumetric drawing of a person, a portrait, or an acrobat, or an animal, or some scene, and creating something that was experienced by people in a very different way than you would a solid mass.""
""I'm trying to work with my grandfather's own idea, where he doesn't predispose you to a certain outcome," Rower said. "He'd like to create a forum where there's an object in space, and you enter that space. The space is part of the work of art. For some people these kind of subtle things can happen, and you can have an experience. Hopefully it's an uplifting one.""
Calder Gardens opens in Philadelphia as an indoor/outdoor sanctuary named for Alexander Calder, featuring 31 Calder works beneath the garden. The project is intended as a place for introspection, reflection and contemplation with an emphasis on an unmediated encounter between visitors and the art. Seasonal changes will interact with the artworks and landscape. The installation embraces Calder's technique of creating volumetric wire drawings that make space an active element of the work. Additional local and national art highlights this season include the Barnes Foundation's presentation of Henri Rousseau and coast-to-coast Impressionist exhibitions, including Monet's Venice illustrations in Brooklyn.
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