Culture, Collaboration, and Identity
Exploring Noguchi's Modernism
A new book by Amy Lyford, professor of art history and visual arts, examines the work of Isamu Noguchi, a revered Japanese-American artist and landscape architect. Her book, Isamu Noguchi's Modernism: Negotiating Race, Labor, and Nation, 1930-1950, will serve as the basis for her talk on Sunday, December 8 at the Noguchi Museum in New York. In her talk at 3 p.m., Lyford "will explore the complex interplay of community and identity in Noguchi's work of the 1930s and 40s. Although it is not always immediately apparent in the full range of his diverse artistic activity, Noguchi was always cognizant of, and deeply committed to, understanding and fostering art's social relevance."
Lyford's research engages with the history of photography and photojournalism; issues of gender, identity and race in 20th-century U.S. art; and the intersections between sculpture, architecture, and urban space. For more details on her talk, visit the Noguchi Museum's Public Programs. Her book can be purchased at the Oxy bookstore or on Amazon.