Shebelieved incapturingthe wholeperson, notjustwhat was on the surface, that's where theexpressionists' distortion is important, in an attempt torevealthe subjects' character or personality.
Alexander Calder became one most recognized artists of the 20th Century, not through the Jungian explorations of the Abstract Expressionists or through the co-opting of everyday images of Pop Artists.
The cross-sections of tissue from frogs, newts, slime mold, cockroaches and other organic matter are beautiful, like works of the Abstract Expressionists with which they are contemporaneous.