Noguchi lamps

Curiosity and investigations into creativity and cultural insight.

@vitra on Instagram: “In 1951 Isamu Noguchi began to design the Akari Light Sculptures, works characterised by weightless luminosity. He chose the name 'akari'…”

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For his exhibition in Mudam’s Henry J. and Erna D. Leir Pavilion, artist Danh Vo (b. 1975) continues his ongoing meditation on the work of sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988).

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Akari light sculptures by Isamu Noguchi

Assistant Curator at The Noguchi Museum in New York, Kate Wiener introduces the life and work of Japanese American sculptor, Isamu Noguchi, drawing from Noguchi’s autobiographical writings and documents from The Noguchi Museum Archives.

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The familiarity of the designer’s most famous products has long obscured his more utopian side, writes Will Wiles