Isamu Noguchi

The articulate artist reveals insights gained in his lifelong progress in a continuous involvement with sculpture, Japanese gardens, theater and furniture. His career spanned six decades, from the 1920s to the 1980s. This portrait, created in the 1970s, presents Noguchi at the height of his artistic achievement; he is shown at work on new projects, visiting important finished works, and explaining his progress from the days of his apprenticeship to Brancusi. In Paris, he gives a tour walking amid the rocks and waterworks of his sculpture garden at the UNESCO headquarters. Over lunch at the Brasserie Lipp, he discusses his parents (Irish mother, Japanese father) and describes Paris in the 1920s. In Brancusi's studio, preserved at the Centre Pompidou, he provides insights into this great artist while assessing Brancusi's influences on himself as a young sculptor. In Spoleto, Noguchi also reminisces with Buckminster Fuller, a life long friend, about his progress and they are joined by the