Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), American sculptor and designer, was one of the few legitimate heirs to the sculptural tradition begun by Brancusi. His sculptures, fountains and gardens are focal points in many cities in the United States and worldwide....

"With my double nationality and double upbringing, where was my home"" wrote sculptor and designer Isamu Noguchi in his autobiographical A Sculptor's World. "Where my affections? Where my identity? Japan or America, either, both--or the world"" While...

Barry Schwabsky An artist as famous as Isamu Noguchi would not usually be thought of as underrated, yet that is the case. He rests easily in no existing canon, and for now art history has marginalized him. Noguchi's writings and interviews will...

YOU WON'T hear the word "retrospective" around the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in connection with its newest exhibition, "Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor." (Actually, Director Ned Rifkin did drop the R-word the other day when introducing the show to the assembled members of the...

Whose idea was it to host concurrent retrospectives of Romare Bearden and Isamu Noguchi at the Whitney Museum of American Art? It was a brilliant stroke, really. Noguchi's streamlined, abstract sculptures distill experience by expunging it of clutter; Bearden's collaged portrayals of farmers, jazz musicians...

A couple of years ago, the O.K. Harris Gallery organized an exhibition of late sculptures by Philip Pavia (1912–2005). Pavia died shortly after this tantalizing show of large primitivistic heads, his achievements as an artist largely lost to history. A photo of Pavia’s 1961 exhibition...

Discusses the life and career of Japanese artist Isamu Noguchi. Describes the difficulties Noguchi faced in having an American mother, a Japanese father, and an American and European educational background. Details how Noguchi eventually found toleration and happiness in sculpture.