WHITE PANEL 1936

Alexander Calder's "White Panel" hangs suspended in space, its wire and painted shapes a testament to balance and playful abstraction. You know, when I look at this piece, I imagine Calder in his studio, coaxing these biomorphic shapes into a dance. The bright yellow, the somber gray, the grounding black—they're all in conversation, aren’t they? There's a lovely tension, a teeter-totter of form, not unlike how Joan Miró orchestrated his canvases. It makes you wonder about the nature of lightness, of gravity, of stillness, and movement. Calder’s work, like all art, is a generous act of opening up a question. These shapes suggest something beyond themselves—the movement of leaves, the flutter of birds' wings, the silent dialogue between forms. It’s like he's inviting us to join the conversation, not just with him, but with the whole history of art. And with each other.