本书将成为日裔美国艺术家野口勇（Isamu Noguchi）多学科职业生涯的权威书籍，伴随二十年来野口勇的首次大型欧洲巡回展览出版，该展览将从伦敦的巴比肯艺术馆到科隆的路德维希博物馆和伯尔尼的保罗克利中心。本书展示了野口勇在雕塑、陶瓷、摄影、建筑、设计方面的全部作品，以及他的游戏场景、花园、现代舞蹈和戏剧表演的舞台布景；探讨了他的创作过程和鲜为人知的实践方面，与广泛媒介和文化的接触，以及60多年来的创新成就。
本书充满了令人惊叹的图像和来自国际范围内的作者的贡献，帮助读者掌握野口勇在现场和画廊中的作品的多样性和模式。艺术家工作室的档案照片让我们看到了他对雕塑的实验性态度。和谐与不和谐的主题是野口勇实践的核心，在一系列的文章中探讨了艺术家的双重遗产、日裔美国人的经历、他的全球旅行和许多影响。该书在探讨身份、历史、政治等主题时，考察了野口勇实践的文化多样性。书中还对野口勇与各行各业的创作者之间卓有成效的合作表示了敬意，如R·巴克明斯特·富勒、玛莎·葛兰姆、路易斯·康。在整个专著中，野口勇本人的言论为读者理解这位接受多种思想流派的艺术家提供了重要的背景，他的整个生命和职业生涯为跨越艺术、政治、文化边界的伙伴关系和合作树立了榜样。
Certain to become the definitive book on Noguchi’s multidisciplinary career, this publication accompanies the first major touring European exhibition on the Japanese-American artist in twenty years, which will travel from London’s Barbican Art Gallery to Cologne’s Museum Ludwig and the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern. It encompasses the entirety of the artist’s work in sculpture, ceramics, photography, architecture, design, as well as his playscapes, gardens and stage sets for modern dance and theatre performance. This survey explores his creative process and lesser-
known aspects of his practice, his engagement with a wide range of mediums and cultures, and his innovative achievements over six decades.
Brimming with stunning imagery and contributions from an international range of authors, this book helps readers grasp the diversity and patterns of Noguchi’s work both in situ and in galleries. Archival photographs of the artist’s studios offer glimpses into his experimental attitude towards sculpture. Themes of harmony and dissonance, which were central to Noguchi’s practice, are explored in a series of essays that consider the artist’s dual heritage, the Japanese American experience, his worldwide travel and his many influences. The book examines the cultural diversity of Noguchi’s practice as he addresses themes such as identity, history, and politics. It also pays tribute to Noguchi’s fruitful collaborations with creatives from a range of industries, such as R. Buckminster Fuller, Martha Graham and Louis Kahn. Throughout the monograph Noguchi’s own words provide a critical backdrop towards understanding an artist who embraced many schools of thought, and whose entire life and career set an example for partnership and cooperation across artistic, political and cultural boundaries.
