Noguchi
I'm in a world of stone -- meticulously processed stone. Stone that is drilled and cracked and chipped and polished. Before this trip to the Noguchi museum (and our first class on light I had very little appreciation for the variety of values that texture can produce. The same material, seemingly on the same plane in space can exhibit difference in value just by subtley texturing it.
This is a peaceful space -- but an overwhelming one. I have come in contact with the work of one man's lifetime. There is so much to take in, to try to understand, to appreciate.
The pieces I enjoyed the most were:
I found the texture of one of the pieces really fascinating:
As I learned in class today, the stone is generally drilled in the quarry, but Noguchi used this technique in "miniature" to work details into his work. Note the areas that were left rough and those that were polished