Salvaged Time

The exhibition ‘Salvaged Time,’ on view at The Noguchi Museum, New York, February 23-May 15, 2022, explores how Isamu Noguchi found expressive potential in the full life of materials, through his creative reuse of quarry fragments, recontextualized millstones, driftwood, and the imperfections of individual stones. In this video, Matthew Kirsch, curator of 'Salvaged Time,' highlights key works that reveal how Noguchi incorporates cast-offs and ‘beautiful waste’ from stonecutting and other aspects of his sculptural process, illuminating his appreciation for stone as an index of time.
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Salvaged Time
The Noguchi Museum, New York
February 23-May 15, 2022
Learn more: noguchi.org/salvaged-time
Curated by Matthew Kirsch
Filmed on location at The Noguchi Museum, New York
Directed & Edited by Alex Meillier
Produced by Ager Meillier Films Inc.
Sound by Ryan Levitt
Installation photography by Nicholas Knight
Archival photographs courtesy of The Noguchi Museum Archives
Artworks by Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988)
© The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, NY / ARS
This film has been made possible with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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Love the simplicity and expressiveness inherent in the forms. The respect he had for the materials is also evident.

[@paullacotta5645]

Funny to hear a highly intelligent museum employee speaking with the rising pitch at end of sentence where it makes his statements seems like a question. Appears unconfident and unsure of himself. Anyway, Isamu is a hero to me and I attended the opening of his museum in LIC. When he appeared everyone clapped enthusiastically. What a genius.

[@gapjin-art]

Beautiful
Thank you so much

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Great

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