Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi

by Hayden Herrera

Book Overview

A master of what he called "the sculpturing of space," Isamu Noguchi was a vital figure for modern public art. Born to an American mother and a Japanese father, Noguchi never felt like he belonged anywhere and spent his life assembling identities in his statues, monuments, and gardens. He traveled incessantly from New York to remote Japanese islands, from Paris to Bangladesh, synthesizing aesthetic values. The result--massive sculptures of interlocking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374535981
• ISBN13: 9780374535988
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"