Alexander Calder was an American sculptor known best as the creator of the mobile (A kinetic sculpture, balanced or suspended, which moves in response to air currents.) I was mainly interested in Calder's wire figures. I like his experimental way of three dimensional drawing as it allowed Calder to draw loosely and freely, not thinking about detail but the shapes that make up a face or the object he was drawing. I also like the freedom wire gives you to change your lines.
I especially like the piece above as i like how the figures overlap and look like they are both gazing up to the same point- in this photograph, at the artist. I think Calder's wire figures have real character and expression, some very humorous (the sculpture below).
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