Unit 8

Unit 8 Crazy about Alexander Calder LESSON 15 Hi, kids, come on in! My! You look tired! Hi, Grandma! We feel fine. We've had a great day! Yes, it was amazing! Where did you go? We went to the American Art Museum. Paul fell in love with the sculptures. We spent hours on the work of Alexander Calder. You liked it as well! Yes, I did! I loved his jewellery! They're lovely things. They look very simple, but they're not simple at all. The shapes are very strong, and the colours are very soft . . . Anyway . . . his hanging sculptures were the best for me! There was one huge one, called ‘Big Red’. It was made of triangular pieces, like feathers. The pieces were made of aluminium. They looked heavy, but they were light! We blew on one little disc, and the whole thing moved. Yeah, that was cool! All the pieces moved around, like a native indian headdress.