{"product_id":"the-life-of-isamu-noguchi-journey-without-borders","title":"The Life of Isamu Noguchi: Journey without Borders","description":"\u003cp\u003eIsamu Noguchi  born in Los Angeles as the illegitimate son of an American mother and a Japanese poet father  was one of the most prolific yet enigmatic figures in the history of twentieth-century American art. Throughout his life  Noguchi (1904-1988) grappled with the ambiguity of his identity as an artist caught up in two cultures.  His personal struggles--as well as his many personal triumphs--are vividly chronicled in The Life of Isamu Noguchi  the first full-length biography of this remarkable artist. Published in connection with the centennial of the artists birth  the book draws on Noguchis letters  his reminiscences  and interviews with his friends and colleagues to cast new light on his youth  his creativity  and his relationships.  During his sixty-year career  there was hardly a genre that Noguchi failed to explore. He produced more than 2 500 works of sculpture  designed furniture  lamps  and stage sets  created dramatic public gardens all over the world  and pioneered the development of environmental art. After studying in Paris  where he befriended Alexander Calder and worked as an assistant to Constantin Brancusi  he became an ardent advocate for abstract sculpture.  Noguchis private life was no less passionate than his artistic career. The book describes his romances with many women  among them the dancer Ruth Page  the painter Frida Kahlo  and the writer Anas Nin.  Despite his fame  Noguchi always felt himself an outsider. \"With my double nationality and my double upbringing  where was my home?\" he once wrote. \"Where were my affections? Where my identity?\" Never entirely comfortable in the New York art world  he inevitably returned to his fathers homeland  where he had spent a troubled childhood. This prize-winning biography  first published in Japanese  traces Isamu Noguchis lifelong journey across these artistic and cultural borders in search of his personal identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44953712099381,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691127824","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691127828.jpg?v=1770896459","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-life-of-isamu-noguchi-journey-without-borders","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}