: Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) was one of the Twentieth Century's
preeminent and critically acclaimed sculptors. Through a lifetime
of creative experimentation, his prolific career yielded
achievements not only for his sculpture, but also his gardens,
furniture and lighting designs, paintings, ceramics, architecture
and set designs. His work - subtle yet bold, traditional and
modern - set a new standard for artistic development worldwide.
A special exhibition of more than 100 works by the virtuoso
artist inaugurates the Isamu Noguchi Museum's reopening, the
first large-scale Noguchi exhibition in New York City in nearly
25 years, marking the centennial year of the artist's birth.
"Isamu Noguchi: Sculptural Design," on view through October 4,
conveys Noguchi's restless brilliance in crossing disciplines and
cultures; he is revealed as a protean and prolific creator whose
Japanese and American heritage and world travels profoundly
influenced his work. The exhibition highlights the artist's
refusal to confine himself to a single style, discipline or
movement, and demonstrates his conceptions and linkages between
art and design, sculpture and objects for everyday living, and
Eastern and Western cultures.
