Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
In a study that combines archival research, a firm grounding in the historical context, biographical analysis, and sustained attention to specific works of art, Amy Lyford provides an account of Isamu Noguchi's work between 1930 and 1950 and situates him among other artists who found it necessary to negotiate the issues of race and national identity. In particular, Lyford explores Noguchi's sense of his art as a form of social activism and a means of struggling against stereotypes of race, ethnicity, and national identity. Ultimately, the aesthetics and rhetoric of American modernism in this period both energized Noguchi's artistic production and constrained his public reputation.
Recommended Citation
Takaragawa, Stephanie. 2014"Isamu Noguchi's Modernism: Negotiating Race, Labor, and Nation, 1930–1950." Pacific Affairs 87(4): 858-860.
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
Pacific Affairs/University of British Columbia
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Comments
This article was originally published in Pacific Affairs, volume 87, issue 4, in 2014.