Relating to Nation, Relating to Earth: The Ceramics of Isamu Noguchi in Return to Earth

Presented September 21, 2013 at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Isamu Noguchi Ceramics: A Kind of Antisculpture Catherine Craft, Adjunct Assistant Curator for Research and Exhibitions, Nasher Sculpture Center Catherine Craft discusses the development of Americanborn artist Isamu Noguchis experiments with clay as he explored his Japanese heritage through craft and tradition. His travel to Japan after World War Two and employ with a Kyotobased potter, provided a foil to his academic training and experie