CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 5/16/2023

The essence of life itself in 'Noguchi and Greece, Greece and Noguchi'

Featured spreads are from Noguchi and Greece, Greece and Noguchi, Atelier Éditions and D.A.P.’s gorgeously designed, two-volume archival excavation of the iconic midcentury artist and designer’s decades-long relationship with Greece—as seen through the lens of New York and Athens-based research and design studio, Objects of Common Interest. “Noguchi’s work transcends disciplines; it was viewed, used and experienced as temporary while also being eternal,” OfCI founders Eleni Petaloti & Leonidas Trampoukis write. “He had a unique way of creating the feeling of space through an articulation of works in relation to each other, as described in an interview with renowned journalist Freddy Germanos during one of his trips to Greece: ‘I am interested in space—and the movement of people and objects within space. There is a certain magic to it. It is as if you are inventing an order of things. I believe there is a secret relationship between space, objects and perceptible and imperceptible movements. Every artist working in this field tries to interpret that relationship in his or her own way. It is the composition and balance of those elements that give rise to the essence of drama and—why not?—the essence of life itself.’”