Isamu Noguchi remembered as precursor of earthworks and pop sculpture
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
Sources
- artpress —