THE FRAGMENT AND THE ARTEFACT

An artefact has then emerged from the re-exploration of the drawings for the context (p15). The act of fragmenting this artifact and reassembling it has given rise to a new formal lexicon.

The idea of fragment was deeply explored by I. Noguchi through his postwar sculptures. Its essence questions the usual order of items within our world, suggesting that unity is a concept that struggles to appear through the complexity of a world torn apart. The stitch or collage becomes an essential issue for Noguchi, as more and more of his sculptures turn towards the assembly rather than exploring the carved and uncarved conditions.

The terms continuous space, light fracture, fragments, and observation planes constituted an evolutive language facilitating the incorporation of ideas for the archive. From there on, the archive was morphed to better address the major question of the interrelation between archive and exhibition.

The thinking behind artwork now has a chance to pierce the thick-skinned exhibition, and both of the world are proposed to intertwine, to join or even to morph.