Isamu Noguchi's Modernism: Negotiating Race, Labor, and Nation, 1930-1950 Lyford Amy
Isamu Noguchi's Modernism: Negotiating Race, Labor, and Nation, 1930-1950 Lyford Amy Exploring the complex interweaving of race, national identity, and the practice of sculpture, Amy Lyford takes us…
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Isamu Noguchi's Modernism: Negotiating Race, Labor, and Nation, 1930-1950 Lyford Amy
Exploring the complex interweaving of race, national identity, and the practice of sculpture, Amy Lyford takes us through a close examination of the early US career of the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988). Yet the work that he produced during this time has received little sustained attention.Weaving together new archival material, little-known or unrealized works, and those that are familiar, Lyford offers a fresh perspective on the significance of Noguchi's modernist sculpture to twentieth-century culture and art history. The years between 1930 and 1950 were perhaps some of the most fertile of Noguchi's career.
Through an examination of his work, this book tells a story about his relation to the most important cultural and political issues of his time.By focusing on Noguchi's reputation, and reception as an artist of Japanese American