Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Andrew V. Uroskie. Michele H. Bogart.
Date
2011-05-01
Keywords
Isamu Noguchi, Moerenuma Park, Public Art | Art History
Department
Department of Art History and Criticism
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71554
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
Moerenuma Park (1988-2005) is the last public project that sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) designed. He considered the park to be one single sculpture. The park reflects the idea of Noguchi's ideal society: a place where there is no sense of specificity to a certain country or community, but instead, a sense of universality. Throughout his artistic career, Noguchi aspired to construct a sculptural space for the benefit of general public. Such a utilitarian approach to sculpture led him to design Moerenuma Park for the benefit of a worldly society. As Noguchi generated the idea of such a sculptural space, he also developed his idea to form a universal place. There are many references to this universality within the park itself. This thesis examines the development of Noguchi's idea: to create utilitarian artwork that conveys universality, which Moerenuma Park expresses.
Recommended Citation
Aoyagi, Mariko, "Moerenuma Park as Noguchi's Utopian Universe-- the Park as Reflection of Ideal Sculptural Space of Isamu Noguchi" (2011). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 759.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/759