Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America
Leo Amino. In-Between (detail), 1962. © Leo Amino Estate. Courtesy of the estate and David Zwirner
Leo Amino. In-Between (detail), 1962. © Leo Amino Estate. Courtesy of the estate and David Zwirner · License
Noguchi to Asawa: Designing Postwar America is on view at Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, United States, until January 10, 2027.
Last verified September 5, 2026 · Official source ↗
This exhibition at the Barnes Foundation brings together the work of six Japanese American artists and designers, including Isamu Noguchi and Ruth Asawa. It demonstrates how their creative practices—redirected by wartime incarceration—helped define the aesthetic of modern domestic design in postwar America through objects ranging from furniture and lamps to graphic album covers and woven sculptures.
Venue
- Barnes FoundationPhiladelphia, United States · September 20, 2026 – January 10, 2027Until 10 Jan 2027
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Leo Amino. In-Between (detail), 1962. © Leo Amino Estate. Courtesy of the estate and David Zwirner
Leo Amino. In-Between (detail), 1962. © Leo Amino Estate. Courtesy of the estate and David Zwirner · License · Source ↗