Museum of stones : ancient and contemporary art at the Noguchi Museum / Curated and Edited by Dakin Hart ; With contributions by Dakin Hart, Matt Kirsch, and Joseph Scheier-Dolberg ; with a Foreword by Jenny Dixon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hart, Dakin, editor.

Dixon, Jenny, 1950- writer of foreword.

Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, organizer, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988.

Stone in art--Exhibitions.

Stone in art.

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988--Exhibitions.

Noguchi, Isamu.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

119 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Long Island City, NY : The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum ; London : In assciation with D Giles Limited, 2016.

Summary:

"Using the sculpture of Isamu Noguchi and the setting of his titular museum as a point of departure, this book looks at the various ways artists from across the world have explored the place of rock and stone in human culture, taking inspiration from American-born artist Jimmie Durham's opinion that sculpture and architecture in the West "denature" stone. Photography of the artworks installed in The Noguchi Museum beautifully represents the unique and thoughtful meeting of Isamu Noguchi's sculpture with that of contemporary artists and ancient examples from East and West"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Issued in connection with an exhibition held at The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, New York, from October 7, 2015, to January 10, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781907804861

1907804862

OCLC:

938708289