Remember when I was talking about the installation of the Isamu Noguchi Sculpture Court? Well, it is finished, and it is incredible.
The space holds seven sculptures by the Japanese-American artist who "struggled to see, alter, and recreate his natural surroundings. His gardens and foutains were transformations meant to bring out the beauty their locations had always possessed. His large abstract stone sculptures were both majestic and personal. He believed that through sculpture and architecture, one could better understand the struggle with nature. It is that search for understanding which brings together his many and varied works." (American Masters, PBS)
The Nelson-Atkins Museum exhibits the largest number of Noguchi sculptures in a public setting outside the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Museum in New York and Japan.