Overview of the Exhibition |
Isamu Noguchi, a leading sculptor of the 20th century (1904-1988). He is also known for his work using various materials such as wood and stone, metal, clay, and sometimes paper, as well as wood and stone. It can be said that the wide range of creative activities had already begun when a carpenter I met when I was a boy when I built Chigasaki's home `` Triangle House '', and when I crossed the Pacific Ocean with a set of tools. .
Some of the tools he used have been preserved at the Noguchi Museum in New York. They are a mixture of Western tools and Japanese tools, born to a Japanese father and an American mother, and have an international collection like Noguchi with an East-West hybrid personality.
Noguchi eventually arrived at sculptures made of hard stones such as granite and basalt, and built an atelier in Mure Town, Kagawa Prefecture. It was also the result of seeking the craftsmanship of masonry that could process hard stones. In this exhibition, through the "tools" actually used by Noguchi, we will unravel how closely "materials" and "technology" were involved in the production process of the work.
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- Name of the exhibition
- Isamu Noguchi TOOLS
- Period
- From March 4 (Sat) to May 7 (Sun), 2023
- Venue
- Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum 1F Hall
- Holding time
- From 9:30 to 16:30 (admission until 16:00)
- Closed days
- Monday (or the next day if it is a national holiday)
- Admission fee
- 700 yen for adults, 500 yen for Odaka students, 65 years old or older, free for junior high school students and younger (including Permanent exhibition viewing fee)
- Sponsorship
- Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Executive Committee
- Sponsorship
- Anstitchu France Japan, Kobe Shimbun
- Cooperation
- Isamu Noguchi Nippon Foundation, Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum of Art (New York), Ozeki, Villa Kujoyama, Kandi House
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Related events |
■Lecture "Isamu Noguchi His Sculpture and Tools"
Brett Rittmann, director of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum in New York, will be invited to talk about Isamu Noguchi and tools. ※Advance application system from the web
- Date and time
- April 22, 2023 (Sat.) 13:30 to 15:00 (Open at 13:00)
- Tutor
- ※The instructor has been changed due to circumstances.
Brett Rittman (Isamu Noguchi Foundation, Garden Museum of Art (New York), Director)
- Listener
- Miwako Kurashima (* folding cosmos designer director)| Representative of KOSMOS Executive Committee
- Venue
- Design Creative Center Kobe <KIITO> 303
1-4, Onohamacho, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo
- Participation fee
- Free of charge
- Capacity
- 90 people ※Lottery in case of a large number of applicants
- Application deadline
- Until Friday, March 31
How to apply for related events
Please apply from the event page.
■Event page
Click here for the lecture "Isamu Noguchi Its Sculpture and Tools"
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