✹ Noguchi at Babican centre
19th October 2021
I have seen some of his work before here and there on the internet but never realised they were produced by the same artist, obviously the first thing that catches my eyes were these shiny sculptures which Noguchi has use the material so cleverly as he used reflections to expand the limitation of the objects - that is the essence of what I love in shiny finishing
He also brings functions to sculpture and brings art into everyday life so beautifully, what I love most is the organic form of his work, he ‘reject the ideal of pure abstraction’ and reform the living organisms and cellular structure, gives this sense of life and softness of nature, would be really satisfying to see when the work was produced or when the sketches were made.
I’m sure Noguchi will become one of my favourite artist soon as he has used many different kind of medium and work with many disciplines - performance art, sculpture, product and furniture design, space design and more. I always look for a guildance from artist who explore their work through different forms and Noguchi is definitely one of them. The connection between Noguchi and my MA project, I found, is the form of cellular structure, organic form and the sense of the universe and life, these ideas are expressed not only through objects and sculppture but also through the use of space which I love the idea of giving meaning to space using art as a medium to do so.
I also love the way Babican has use the space to represent Noguchi multidisciplinary skill set, in each section it contains similar kind of work that falls into the same material, the perpose of the objects and the context behind it. Nogushi is indeed the most talented artist in the century and I can’t wait to know more about his work!
