Alexandra Munroe Instagram – Arata Isozaki. He defined the postwar and contemporary Japanese avant-garde with his fierce intelligence, rigorous yet playful vision, his Neo-Dada provocations and architectural theses that willfully reimagined classical Japanese philosophical concepts, like 無and é–“. He was a great friend and mentor of mine for decades. We showed his LaMOCA design in our 1983 Japan Society show, New Public Architecture from Japan, and he was a great ally in forging my 1994 book and show, Scream Against the Sky: Japanese Art since 1945. Along with Nam June Paik, Isozaki wrote an essay for the catalogue, describing the political and cultural gestalt of the early 1960s avant-garde in Tokyo. I used to have Sunday noodles in their Roppongi house, nestled in the trees, filled with Aiko’s tremulous sculptures, Man Ray photographs, and piles of GA magazines. I’ve lost – the world has lost – the three greatest East-West design revolutionaries of our time – Issey Miyake, Elsa Peretti, and now, Isozaki.感謝
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