Monday, September 29, 2008

Isamu Noguchi



An American Sculptor and Designer, Isamu constructed many public sculptures, sculptural gardens, playgrounds, and furniture. Assisted for Constantin Brancusi in 1927 while in Paris. Influence heavily by Alberto Giacometti and Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. strongly influenced by both American Modernism, European Surrealism, abstraction, and traditional Japanese craftsmanship.With a background in Paramedical studies at Columbia University, most of Noguchi's work consisted of abstract rounded forms that resembled polished stone. Best known for his abstract sculptures designed as adjuncts to architecture. Noguchi's forms suggest nature and human beings could interacting with one another without destruction occurring.
www.noguchi.org

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