Adjective(1) (chemistry, physics, biology(2) not able or intended to be moved(3) (chemistry(4) physics(5) biology) resistant to change
Noun(1) a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal(2) a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support
Adjective(1) (chemistry, physics, biology(2) not able or intended to be moved(3) (chemistry(4) physics(5) biology) resistant to change
Noun(1) a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal(2) a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support
(1) Calder - genius, creator of the mobile and the stabile - was a splendidly practical character.(2) After he had invented mobiles and stabiles , he became more confident, and his work became much larger.(3) Jean began by showing slides of work by Alexander Calder, the American artist who built mobiles and stabiles , initially out of paper, then large sheets of steel.(4) Most of Calder's sculptures - especially his mobiles and stabiles - used the ideas of Constructivism, which had first been developed by Vladimir Tatlin in Russia.(5) Like his delicate mobiles, the most graceful stabiles absorb and incorporate their environment; they remain still while the viewer revolves around their ever-changing open shapes.
