Calder began experimenting with kineticism in the 1920s while living in Paris, where he developed close associations with leading European avant - garde artists, including Marcel Duchamp, Piet Mondrian, Edgard Varèse, and Fernand Léger. (artssummary.com)
Whilst viewed in stasis, the sculpture is bound by its potential energy and implied kineticism — with the results of the artist's own movement born out with inconsistent, smudgy success. (artradarjournal.com)
For other sculptors associated with kineticism, see: Naum Gabo (1890 - 1977) and Jean Tinguely (1925 - 1991). (visual-arts-cork.com)