Isamu Noguchi, From the Ground Up

The Washington Post | May 30, 2003| | Copyright

THE FOCUS of "Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics," a smart and handsome little show at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, is threefold.

First but perhaps not foremost, it explores the literal influence of ancient and traditional Japanese ceramics (such as the haniwa, or tomb figures of prehistoric Japan, and the dishes and sake cups of such master potters as Kitaoji Rosanjin) on Noguchi, a Japanese American citizen born in the United States to an American mother and a Japanese father who left the country before his child was born. In a departure from Noguchi's preferred media of stone, ...

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