Isamu Noguchi

by Fletcher, Valerie J.; Miller, Dana (CON); Rychlak, Bonnie (CON)

• ISBN13: 9781857593426
• ISBN10: 1857593421
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-11-30
• Publisher: Scala Books

Summary

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C. and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York are co-organizing a long-overdue celebration and re-evaluation of the achievements of internationally acclaimed sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988). Although known for his commissioned designs for stage and gardens, Noguchi gained most renown for his sculptures created over a span of six decades. Previous exhibitions and publications have situated his sculptures within the context of his commercial designs; in contrast, the Whitney-Hirshhorn exhibition and catalogue emphasizes the most varied and innovative sculptures from the late 1920s through the late 1960s, including seventy sculptures and twenty-five works on paper. Related drawings and collages reveal surprisingly aggressive tendencies and sexual innuendoes, as well as pragmatic approaches to design and construction, providing fascinating glimpses into an artist's creative processes.

Table of Contents

Foreword	8	(2)
Ned Rifkin
Adam D. Weinberg
Acknowledgments	10	(3)
Valerie J. Fletcher
Lenders	13	(1)
Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor	14	(148)
Valerie J. Fletcher
Breaking Ground: The Environmental Works of Isamu Noguchi	162	(24)
Dana Miller
Sitting Quietly: Isamu Noguchi and the Zen Aesthetic	186	(26)
Bonnie Rychlak
Contextual Chronology	212	(14)
Evelyn Hankins
Notes	226	(4)
Exhibition Checklist	230	(2)
Index	232	(3)
Selected Bibliography	235	(1)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: Board of Trustees	236
Whitney Museum of American Art: Officer and Trustees