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Oct 28, 2004 -
Jan 16, 2005
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"Whitney Presents Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor"
Marking the centenary of his birth, this fall the Whitney presents Isamu
Noguchi: Master Sculptor, a celebration of Noguchi's sculptural achievements.
Co-organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
and the Whitney Museum of American Art, the exhibition features many of
Noguchi's most innovative sculptures, including some works rarely or never
seen before in public. Curated by the Hirshhorn's Valerie Fletcher, the
exhibition opens at the Whitney October 28, 2004-January 16, 2005) before
traveling to the Hirshhorn (February 10-May 8, 2005).Now recognized as
one of the leading innovators of the twentieth century, Noguchi embraced
aspects of Asian, American, and European culture in varying ways throughout
his life. His resolutely individual approach, drawing on Eastern and Western
aesthetics and traditions of craftsmanship, produced sculptures of global
impact. The show highlights the tremendous diversity of forms, ideas, and
materials manifested in Noguchi's sculptures.Featuring approximately 60
sculptures and 20 related drawings, Isamu Noguchi: Master Sculptor presents
cohesive groupings of works set within a chronological sequence,with special
emphasis on sculptures made between 1932 and 1962.
Whitney Museum of American Art
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
New York, NY
1-800-WHITNEY
http://www.whitney.org |
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Jan -
March, 2005
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Arts of Japan
Guided Tour
From Tuesday through Friday at 10:45 AM, the Metropolitan Museum provides
a free guided tour of Japanese art collection. The collection of Asian
art at the museum is the largest and most comprehensive
in
the Western world.
The
tour
presents an
introduction
to the
Museum's
full range of Japanese art, from the Neolithic to the modern. Highlights
include Buddhist and Shinto ritual objects, secular art in a wide variety
of media, screens, prints, and paintings. Textiles and prints rotate every
four months, paintings every six months.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)
New York City
212-535-7710
http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp
Tickets:
Free with Museum admission |
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Jan 30 -
Apr 30
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Asian Fusion 2005
Asian Fusion 2005 brings
a mixture of traditional and contemporary works from various Asian regions
and from 30 Asian artists who live/work in NYC, inclusing Japanese artists,
Masaaki Noda and masaaki Sato.
Asian Cultural Center
15 East 40th Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10016
(bet 5th and Madison Avenues)
:(212) 679-8833 ext 123
http://www.acclub.org/
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until May 1
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Noguchi & Graham: Selected Works for Dance
Isamu Noguchi's long-term collaboration with choreographer and dancer Martha
Graham is regarded by many as a high point in the history of modern dance
theater. This exhibition presents nine dance sets that Noguchi made for
Graham. Dating from his first set design, of 1935, to one of his last made
during the 1960s, these sets reveal the extent of Noguchi's sculptural
range, and illustrate the reality that Noguchi's work for the theater directly
informed his sculpture, rather than the other way around.
The Noguchi Museum
32-37 Vernon Boulevard
(entrance at 9-01 33rd Rd)
Long Island City,
NY
(718) 204-7088
http://www.noguchi.org/
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