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Portrait of Isamu Noguchi, 4 July 1947. Photograph by Arnold Newman © Arnold Newman Collection / Getty Images / INFGM / ARS - DACS
Exhibition
Noguchi
30 Sep 2021 – 9 Jan 2022
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 19:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 19:00
- Monday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 19:00
Cost of entry
£ 18 standard ticket (concessions available)
Address
- Silk Street
- London
- EC2Y 8DS
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Moorgate / Barbican
An exhibition celebrating Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), one of the most experimental and pioneering artists of the 20th century.
About
Noguchi explores the kaleidoscopic career of a true artistic polymath. This exhibition, which is his first touring retrospective in Europe for 20 years, focuses on Noguchi as a global citizen and his risk-taking approach to sculpture as a living environment.
‘Everything is sculpture. Any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture.'
Over 150 works are presented, including an extraordinary range of sculptures – made in stone, ceramics, wood and aluminium – as well as theatre set designs, playground models, furniture and lighting.
Embracing social, environmental and spiritual consciousness, Noguchi believed sculpture could 'be a vital force in our everday life' and saw art 'as something which teaches human beings how to become more human.'
