Marveling this Monday.
Robert and I spent a delightful couple of hours in a fascinating new exhibition at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art over the weekend. We like to go to a museum or gallery and enjoy/examine only one or two exhibits each visit.
This time:
Isamu Noguchi: “I am not a designer”
In a 1949 interview, sculptor Isamu Noguchi declared “I am not a designer.” Yet, in the forty years following this denial, he went on to realize some of the most innovative designs of the twentieth century, including architecture, furniture, lighting, stage sets, gardens, playgrounds, and plazas. Even when Noguchi or critics acknowledged these design projects, it was as separate from his celebrated sculptures.
This exhibition explores Noguchi’s expansive and career-spanning engagement with the space-shaping possibilities of design. high.org
I found some of the folks at the exhibit almost as fascinating as the art itself.
Coincidentally, Noguchi designed the playground at Atlanta’s Piedmont Park across the street from our Airbnb.
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