Mobiles are sculptures that hang by one wire at the top so they can move around without touching each other – either in the wind or because they get moved by people or a motor. The different pieces are attached to a wire in such a way that they balance and the wire stays mostly horizontal. They can be little (like the ones that hang over baby cribs) or they can be huge! The artist Alexander Calder was the first sculptor to make sculptures that were called Mobiles.
The one Sophie is holding looks a lot like Calder’s mobiles which were often abstract shapes cut out of sheet metal and attached to metal rods – and colored fun vibrant colors. (He also designed huge metal sculptures – some of which look like the sculpture Sophie is lying on!)
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