ArtGrams: Alexander Calder
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Installed in a staircase at the Phillips are three works by Alexander Calder from the museum’s collection: Red Polygons (c. 1950), Hollow Egg (1939), and Only, Only Bird (1951). In this month’s ArtGrams, we’re featuring your creative shots of all three.
![Calder_2_badagarla](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_1360px_/public/featured_images/Calder_2_badagarla.jpg?itok=BPh9i0dc)
Via Instagrammer @badagarla: "'Hollow Egg' by Alexander Calder"
![Calder_1_fernandaandfriends](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_1360px_/public/featured_images/Calder_1_fernandaandfriends.jpg?itok=gpRNJrPS)
Via Instagrammer @kairilook: "Beyond the circus"
![Calder_3_janouka](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_1360px_/public/featured_images/Calder_3_janouka.jpg?itok=CoQkXF-s)
Instagrammer @janouka caught Calder's Only, Only Bird in profile
![Calder_4_vajiajia](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_1360px_/public/featured_images/Calder_4_vajiajia.jpg?itok=zxeIN3zu)
Instagrammer @vajiajia: "Dance, #Calder, dance!"
![Calder_5_leonieboothclibborn](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_1360px_/public/featured_images/Calder_5_leonieboothclibborn.jpg?itok=uZQzn5pZ)
Instagrammer @leonieboothclibborn captured multiple shadows of Calder's Hollow Egg
![Calder_6_dave.wolanski](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_1360px_/public/featured_images/Calder_6_dave.wolanski.jpg?itok=YRkQOKiM)
Instagrammer @dave.wolanski: "#Chicken #butt, that's what!"
![Calder_7_brennan_bok](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_1360px_/public/featured_images/Calder_7_brennan_bok.jpg?itok=TriIBU9p)
When Instagrammer @brennan_bok strips this image of color, it's hard to tell what is mobile and what is shadow.
![Calder_8_cra66x](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_1360px_/public/featured_images/Calder_8_cra66x.jpg?itok=SLwAde7S)
Via Instagrammer @cra66x
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Instagrammer @burtatochanga snaps Calder's Only, Only Bird from above