Curious Objects CO BITES: Toshiko Takaezu's "Closed Form," with Glenn Adamson

Closed Form, porcelain, Toshiko Takaezu, late 1970s-early 1980s. The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden
Museum, New York. Courtesy of The Noguchi Museum

This week Glenn Adamson returns to our Curious Objects podcast to discuss an exhibition he co-curated at the Noguchi Museum in Queens, New York. Worlds Within: The Art of Toshiko Takaezu focuses on the work of the Okinawan-American ceramicist, which bridges the gulf between art and craft. In this inaugural issue of Curious Objects Bites—bingeable conversations about fascinating things for the busy listener—Adamson details a “closed form”: a Takaezu pot that encloses a bead that rattles around inside.