Flying Dragon—among the last of the monumental works Calder made—exemplifies the artist’s capacity to invest a powerful visual dynamism in his work regardless of scale
alongside photography of their shared studio and reproductions of source materials
producing dramatic color shifts depending on the angle at which they are viewed and the incidence of light
They also discuss various sources of inspiration
Moore’s monumental sculptures celebrated the power of organic forms at a time when traditional representation was largely eschewed by the vanguard art establishment
Brice Marden Version:Signed Flying Dragon—among the last ofThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Brice Marden at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London. Marden has furthered the traditions of abstraction with his exploration of surface, material, and color, from his early monochromatic work to his more recent calligraphic compositions. In this body of work, he has turned his attention again to the qualities of the monochrome, exploring the possibilities of terre verte (green earth), an iron