Biomorphic streamlined forms

From Miró [Calder] took more directly a visual visual vocabulary–the biomorphic streamlined forms, at once abstract and animal, that would be the basis of his art-making for the rest of his life.

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I love this description by Adam Gopnik of something that seems indescribable (Calder’s sculpture shapes). They are suddenly tangible. From his essay on a recent calder biography in the 7 Dec. 2017 edition of The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/04/how-alexander-calder-made-art-move