Alexander Calder – Anniversary Poster - Anteater (1963)

Louisiana anniversary poster featuring the work, Anteater - anteater, (1963), by Alexander Calder (1898-1976). Calder's three iconic sculptures have been permanent fixtures in Louisiana's sculpture park since 1976, and the view of Øresund from the Calder terrace has since become an integral part of a visit to Louisiana. The poster is a reprint in connection with Louisiana's 60th anniversary in 2018.

Acrobats, tightrope walkers and celestial planets were a major source of inspiration for many of Calder's sculptures. What they have in common is that they are constantly in motion, and that this movement appears to occur almost freely in space.

But invisible forces ultimately determine how they move. In his sculptures, Calder wanted not just to show movement, but also to capture it and make visible the forces that bound the movement.

Many have tried to describe the playful grace of Calder's sculptures. The French philosopher, Jean Paul Sartre, thus:

A Calder object is like the sea. Eternally repeated, always new. One look at it is not enough. You have to live with it every day and let yourself be enchanted.

The poster is a reprint of the poster from Louisiana's Alexander Calder exhibition in 1995-96.