Radio Nurse Transmitter, 1937. Bakelite and enameled steel (1904-1988) SFMOMA

Sapporo,Hokkakido,10/2006.

Mt.Moere,Moerenuma park.

www.sapporo-park.or.jp/moere/index.php

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City, Missouri.

by Isamu Noguchi

Noguchi Museum in Queens

by Isamu Noguchi

Taken in Broadway, New York

Noguchi

(September 2021 — January 2022)

An exhibition celebrating Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), one of the most experimental and pioneering artists of the 20th century.

Noguchi explores the kaleidoscopic career of a true artistic polymath. This exhibition, which is his first touring retrospective in Europe for 20 years, focuses on Noguchi as a global citizen and his risk-taking approach to sculpture as a living environment.

‘Everything is sculpture. Any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture.'

Over 150 works are presented, including an extraordinary range of sculptures – made in stone, ceramics, wood and aluminium – as well as theatre set designs, playground models, furniture and lighting.

Embracing social, environmental and spiritual consciousness, Noguchi believed sculpture could 'be a vital force in our everyday life' and saw art 'as something which teaches human beings how to become more human.'

[Barbican Centre]