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RSS FeedsExhibition presents Isamu Noguchi`s influential designs for playgrounds and play structures
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20 august 2017 04:43:52

 
Exhibition presents Isamu Noguchi`s influential designs for playgrounds and play structures
(Artdaily.org)
 


The San Francisco Museum of Art is showing Noguchi’s Playscapes, a survey of Isamu Noguchi’s influential designs for playgrounds and play structures that explores the democratization of public space. Noguchi’s Playscapes presents ideas about the democratization of art and public space by Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988). The artist was a fervent believer that sculpture is an aesthetic and cultural tool capable of creating synergy between individuality and society. Observing that playgrounds offer a physical and social interaction not typically seen in a museum, Noguchi designed a number of public spaces where visitors could actively engage with art. The exhibition gathers his designs for several playgrounds, stand-alone play structures and other works that, while serious in subject, employ playful elements to engage the viewer. The body of work presented has become hugely influential for contemp


 
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