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“One of the most successful parts of that show was the upstairs installation, where you could look out the window and see a monumental sculpture and observe its original handmade maquette by my grandfather at the same time. That was really a wonderful teaching moment.” — Sandy Rower on Alexander Calder
It’s the time of year that our thoughts turn to trips to Storm King Art Center to visit its unparalleled collection of outdoor sculptures. While closed at least through June due to COVID-19 restrictions, Storm King has been sharing an outstanding collection of videos created from its Storm King Oral History Project. One of the many extraordinary exhibitions at Storm King was Grand Intuitions: Calder’s Monumental Sculptures, from 2001 to 2003. The exhibition was curated by Alexander S. C. “Sandy” Rower, Alexander Calder’s grandson and head of the Calder Foundation. From Storm King comes this video of highlights from Rower’s oral history of the exhibition.
From Storm King Art Center:
Alexander S. C. Rower, the grandson of Alexander Calder and the founder of the Calder Foundation, began organizing his grandfather’s papers into an archive in 1987. At Storm King, Rower was a guest curator of Grand Intuitions: Calder’s Monumental Sculpture, 2001–03, a three-year exhibition that included Calder’s earliest outdoor works and was the largest assemblage of Calder’s monumental sculptures ever exhibited together. In this interview, Rower describes the exhibition’s historic significance and its strategic use of the indoor galleries at Storm King to demonstrate Calder’s developmental process.
