Noguchi at the Barbican: 3 Oct 2021
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I have long loved the work of Noguchi & admire how he is an inventive, optimistic polymath.
Rhythm, form, organic, refined palette, form relationships, form interplay, play, pattern, gesture, soft edges, exceptional wooden plinths, use of negative space in sculpture, contrasting materials yet not jarring, wood/metal/stone/ceramic, ceiling piece, geometric patterns, use of artificial light, texture, tenderness, anthropomorphic yet abstract ~ tall vitrines for masses of empty space above a sculpture, nestling forms, strung and balanced, string/wire/suspension/interplay
His work with Martha Graham. Fuck yeah.
Performance, body, sculpture, collaboration, holding & creating space, lines to describe & mark out space. And she is a goddess, of course.
Loved seeing this work, hope to go back, my drawing is very rusty ~ sketch from three angles is useful, the hunt for a better pencil continues…
I plan to pull these considered organic forms into my Unit 1 project, let them inform shapes I play with, look at relationships. A simplicity that is anything but simple. The warmth that comes from the relationships between forms, nestling beads, slotting, cuddling forms, things with a feel for other things.
