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Isamu Noguchi remembered as precursor of earthworks and pop sculpture

other · 2026-04-23

Isamu Noguchi died in New York on December 30, 1988 at age 84. In her text "L'anti-tradition", published in the 1986 exhibition catalogue "Qu'est-ce que la sculpture moderne ?" by the Centre Georges Pompidou, critic Barbara Rose described him as an artist far ahead of his time, a precursor as early as the 1930s of the earthworks of the 1970s as well as pop and minimalist sculptures.

Key facts

  • Isamu Noguchi died in New York on December 30, 1988 at age 84.
  • Barbara Rose wrote the text 'L'anti-tradition'.
  • The text was published in the catalogue of the exhibition 'Qu'est-ce que la sculpture moderne ?'.
  • The catalogue was published by the Centre Georges Pompidou in 1986.
  • Rose considered Noguchi a precursor of earthworks from the 1970s.
  • Rose also considered Noguchi a precursor of pop and minimalist sculptures.
  • Noguchi's pioneering work dates back to the 1930s.

Entities

Artists

  • Isamu Noguchi
  • Barbara Rose

Institutions

  • Centre Georges Pompidou

Locations

  • New York
  • United States

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