Noguchi, sculptural abstraction, and the politics of Japanese American internment.(Critical Essay)

From: The Art Bulletin | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: Lyford, Amy | Copyright information

In 1946, a little more than a year after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi was selected to participate in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art called Fourteen Americans. One of a series of exhibitions showcasing the diversity of recent American art, the show was billed as offering a window onto contemporary art in the United States. After a ten-year absence from the New York exhibition scene, Noguchi p...

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