A visual art “in motion” is the idea from which also stemmed the interest aroused by the sculptures of Alexander Calder, maker of ingeniously animated aerial toys.
The enthusiasm for film then was largely due to the possibility that camera movements offered to depict the changing and unpredictable nature of inner consciousness. A visual art “in motion” is the idea from which also stemmed the interest aroused by the sculptures of Alexander Calder, maker of ingeniously animated aerial toys. The articulated imagery of the Surrealists, populated with extravagant, disturbing at times bewildering presences, is probably the aspect of movement that is most recognizable, but also the most elusive to classify and define.