Alexander Calder’s Big Crinkly at the de Young

Alexander Calder’s Big Crinkly, now on view in the Osher Sculpture Garden at the de Young, is part of SFMOMA On the Go. Watch teams from both institutions collaborate to install this monumental work.

Animals and popular entertainers were among Calder’s favorite motifs throughout his career, and in Big Crinkly, the artist evokes both the abstract form of a large performing beast—neck stretched upright and body balanced on three circular feet—and a strongman holding up a barbell.