Isamu Noguchi: A New Nature is now open at White Cube Bermondsey
A New Nature
The exhibition brings together several bodies of work that channel industrial materials and processes into new perceptions of the natural world.
‘The nature of trees and grass is one thing, but there are many degrees of nature. Concrete can be nature. Interstellar spaces are also nature. There is human nature. In the city, you have to have a new nature. Maybe you have to create that nature.’
– Isamu Noguchi (1970)
Akari Light Sculptures
‘Inherent in Akari are lightness and fragility. They seem to offer a magical unfolding away from the material world.’
Noguchi’s Akari lanterns, or light sculptures, epitomise his efforts to expand the concept, potential and purpose of sculpture.
They encapsulate his interest in iterating upon old traditions, his consideration of heritage and the ways in which these crafts can be pushed into the future as well as an openness to new technologies.
📍 White Cube Bermondsey, Bermondsey Street
4th February - 3rd April 2022
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sunday 12pm - 6pm
