noun
- plural of stabile; abstract sculptures designed to remain stationary, as opposed to mobiles
Usage: art
Examples
- The museum’s modern art wing featured several large stabiles by Alexander Calder.
- Unlike mobiles that move with air currents, stabiles remain fixed in position.
- The artist created a series of colorful stabiles for the sculpture garden.
- Calder’s stabiles are characterized by their bold geometric shapes and bright colors.
- The outdoor plaza was decorated with three massive steel stabiles.
- Art students studied the difference between mobiles and stabiles in their sculpture class.