Calder?s Inventive Jewelry Featured in Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Opening December 9
I have just been sent this Press Release from MOMA…..
Exhibition Dates: December 9, 2008? March 1, 2009
Exhibition Location: The Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Gallery,
Lila Acheson Wallace Wing
American-born artist Alexander Calder (1898?1976) is celebrated for his mobiles, stabiles, paintings, and objets d?art. The landmark exhibition Calder Jewelry?to be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from December 9, 2008, through March 1, 2009?is the first museum presentation dedicated solely to his extensive output of inventive jewelry. During his lifetime, Calder produced approximately 1,800 unique pieces of brass, silver, and gold body ornaments, often embellished with found objects such as beach glass, ceramic shards, and wood. Calder Jewelry will feature approximately 90 works?necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches, and tiaras?many of which were made as personal gifts for the artist?s family and friends.
The exhibition was organized by the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, and the Calder Foundation, New York.
If anyone manages to get to this I would love for you to come and let us know what it was like 
