Horticulturalist George Pisegna will lead a tour of the breathtaking Noguchi Museum garden on April 11 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
The Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Road (Vernon Blvd.), Long Island City
Sunday, April 11, free with museum admission of $10, 3:00
718-204-7088
www.noguchi.org
George Pisegna, director of horticulture at the Horticultural Society of New York, will lead a guided tour of the magical Noguchi Museum Sculpture Garden as part of the Long Island City institution’s monthly Second Sundays program on April 11, offering fresh new insight into this peaceful wonder. Take a deep breath as you enter the gorgeous garden, which will revive your body and soul. Look all around “The Well (Variation on a Tsukubai),” following the water as it comes out of the top and glides down the rough and glistening sides (including passing through Noguchi’s initials). Notice how the holes on both sides of “Core” invite in the light. “Indian Dancer” stands amid “Practical Rocks in Placement.” “Behind Inner Seeking Shiva Dancing” is perhaps the best-named sculpture in the garden. In the far corner is a burial marker, signifying where some of Noguchi’s ashes were laid to rest. Other mesmerizing pieces carefully arranged around Japanese and U.S. foliage are “The Big Bang,” “Unmei,” and the naturally formed “Spin-off #1 from the Chase Manhattan Garden.” You’ll find it hard to leave this urban oasis. (Also be sure not to miss the inside exhibit “Noguchi ReINstalled.”)