"What is Sculpture? Akari from the 1986 Venice Biennale" Exhibition
The Noguchi Museum
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When Isamu Noguchi was invited to represent the United States in the 1986 Venice Biennale, he had been experimenting with the conventional Japanese lamp's mulberry paper and bamboo construction forms for over three decades. In these lamp designs, he explored the contrast between the permanent and transitory nature of materials, traditional and modern design and fine and functional art. Akari translates as "light as illumination." For Noguchi, light was one aspect of the perception of space, and the sculpture of space was a central concern of his career.
The Noguchi Museum will present a small but significant display of Noguchi's Akari Light Sculptures, as they were featured in the American Pavilion at the 1986 Venice Biennale exhibition, with several one-of-a kind designs as well as examples of his smaller, iconic forms that remain in production today.
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from February 18, 2009 to May 31, 2009