March 4 2023 – May 7 2023
Open: 9：30–16：30 (Last entry: 16：00)
Close: Monday
Venue: Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Entrance Hall

Organized by Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum and KOSMOS Executive Committee.
Supported by Institut Français Japon and The Kobe Shimbun.
Cooperated with The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum Japan, The Noguchi Museum (New York), Ozeki, Villa Kujoyama and CondeHouse

Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) was one of the twentieth century’s most important and critically acclaimed sculptors. This exhibition is focused on Noguchi’s international and hybrid exploration of tools and materials, mainly from the collection of The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum (New York).
As a the child of a Japanese father and white American mother, Noguchi’s journey as a user of tools would begin from a set of Japanese carpentry tools. He gained some skill in the construction of his mother’s house in Chigasaki. In Constantin Brâncuşi’s atelier he learned another style of woodworking, and in his studios in NYC, he mixed tools from many different material working traditions and many time periods, from traditional to high-tech.
His studio in Japan, where he specialized in stone and paper, is preserved with his various works, including “AKARI” paper lantern sculptures.
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