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Isamu Noguchi : "I am not a designer" / edited by Monica Obniski, Marin R. Sullivan ; with contributions by Glenn Adamson, Amy Auscherman, R. Ruthie Dibble, Deborah A. Goldberg, Holly Gore, Christina Hiromi Hobbs, Matthew Kirsch, Marci Kwon, Alexandra Lange, Amy Lyford, Emily E. Magione, Naoaki Nakamura, Sanae Nakatani, Monica Obniski, Ken Tadashi Oshima, Marin R. Sullivan, Marc Treib.
Fine Arts Library NB237.N6 A4 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988.
- Noguchi, Isamu.
- Sculpture, American--20th century--Exhibitions.
- Sculpture, American.
- Furniture designers--Exhibitions.
- Furniture designers.
- Sculpture, American--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 383 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm
- Other Title:
- "I am not a designer"
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Rizzoli Electa, [2026]
- Summary:
- "Organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Isamu Noguchi: "I am not a designer" is the first exhibition and publication in over twenty years dedicated to the expansive if often overlooked design practices of Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988). Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of Playscapes, Noguchi's only playground in the United States realized during his lifetime, it reexamines the artist-designer's complex, diverse output in architecture, ceramics, furniture, industrial design, landscape design, lighting, sculpture, and stage sets. New scholarship more fully contextualizes this work within his so-called fine art practice while also prioritizing the significance of his many collaborations with architects, clients, designers, fabricators, and manufacturers"-- Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Director's foreword / Rand Suffolk
- Curators' acknowledgments / Monica Obniski and Marin R. Sullivan
- Note on names and romanization
- "I am not a designer" / Monica Obniski and Marin R. Sullivan
- Making multiples.
- Measured time and radio nurse / Deborah A. Goldberg
- Media matters / Emily E. Mangione
- Goodwin and Burden tables / R. Ruthie Dibble
- Flexible and free-form furniture / Monica Obniski
- Sculpture for Ailes / Amy Auscherman
- Design prototypes / Monica Obniski
- Fold A, slot B / Glenn Adamson
- Luminous sculpture: the poetics of light from Poston to Akari / Christina Hiromi Hobbs and Marci Kwon
- Elements of architecture.
- Two lunar environments / Deborah A. Goldberg
- A poetics of utility: designs for modern dance / Holly Gore
- Collaborative encounters with architecture / Monica Obniski
- Weaving art into everyday life in 1950s Japan / Sanae Nakatani
- Projects for Hiroshima / Naoaki Nakamura
- "My own environment": the studio interiors / Matthew Kirsch
- Functional sculpture / Marin R. Sullivan
- Shaping spaces.
- Social activism and collaborative design / Amy Lyford
- The garden as sculpture / Marc Treib
- Garden elements / Marin R. Sullivan
- The in-between space of black sun / Ken Tadashi Oshima
- The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen sculpture garden / Marin R. Sullivan
- Playscapes / Monica Obniski
- The playground- a place for endless exploration / Alexandra Lange.
- Notes:
- This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition Isamu Noguchi: "I am not a designer," at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, April 10-August 2, 2026; Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, September 19, 2026-January 3, 2027; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, February 13-June 6, 2027.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0847876195
- 9780847876198
- OCLC:
- 1529593084
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