Group exhibition
Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America
Isamu Noguchi, Ruth Asawa, George Nakashima and others
Sep 20, 2026 – Jan 10, 2027 Long Island City
Sculpture, furniture, graphic design and fiber art by six Japanese American and Japanese-influenced artists of the postwar era.
The show brings together Isamu Noguchi, George Nakashima, Leo Amino, S. Neil Fujita, Kay Sekimachi and Ruth Asawa, the first exhibition to unite all six. It looks at how each helped shape modern American art and design.
It also considers the experiences behind their work, including the effect of Japanese and Japanese American incarceration during World War II. The show is held offsite at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia.
Museum Long Island City
The Noguchi Museum
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