Title: Isamu Noguchis Modernism Negotiating Race Labor And Nation 19301950
Description: "In a study that combines archival research, a firm grounding in the historical context, biographical analysis, and sustained attention to specific works of art, Amy Lyford provides an account of Isamu Noguchi's work between 1930 and 1950 and situates him among other artists who found it necessary to negotiate the issues of race and national identity. In particular, Lyford explores Noguchi's sense of his art as a form of social activism and a means of struggling against stereotypes of race, ethnicity, and national identity. Ultimately, the aesthetics and rhetoric of American modernism in this period both energized Noguchi's artistic production and constrained his public reputation"--
Subjects: Modernism (Art), Art and society, Criticism and interpretation, History, Noguchi, isamu, 1904-1988, Art criticism, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)