Isamu Noguchi

I have no knowledge that the common art I have seen which are the large bronze panel, called NEWS, placed over the main entrance of Rockefeller Center and Red Cube located in the financial district of Manhattan are both the works of Isamu Noguchi.

Visiting to his museum long time ago, I was introduced to his invaluable sculpture. New to the world of art, Ploy was impressed and admired his popularity. How one Asian artist could possibly have his own exhibition--yet own museum--in the United States? After that day, Ploy have experienced more and more of Isamu's industrial designs.

Reading the book about him today, Ploy has learned more about his interesting life. Abandoned by his own father after he was born, Isamu had to travel across the continent to live with his father in Japan and later found out that his father also had another family in Japan. He, again, was sent back to America to study in college, being alone without his mother, studying abroad in Europe, traveling to Asia. He's been to almost all over the world, exploring the world of art.

He was scheduled to give a public lecture to young Japanese artists and architects. His main advice was to resist being too influenced by Western culture. "To be authentic," he told them, "is to be modern."