The Noguchi Museum mourns the loss of artist Daniel Brush, 2022 Isamu Noguchi Award honoree, who passed away on November 26. Over the last five decades, Brush has created astonishing works transcending the boundaries of sculpture, jewelry, and painting, guided by a relentless search for the essence of materials and the outer limits of the possibilities of craft. In the words of Museum trustee Spencer Bailey (@spencercbailey) in this short film created for the award ceremony, “Central to Daniel’s work is this idea of clarity, trying to go after what he describes as an ‘ethereal delicacy’. It’s a quest. It’s something that’s unending in him. He’s searching for this experience, this feeling, this atmosphere, this thing that can only be achieved by the sum of its parts. It’s something that occurs with duration. It occurs as you’re moving forward and progressing and chipping away at every last detail to get that feeling, that thing. And maybe it’s something that can one day never actually be achieved, but it’s the quest, it’s the search, it’s the longing.” We grieve the loss of this masterful seeker and extend our deepest condolences to his family and friends. #DanielBrush #IsamuNoguchiAward #maestro Film by Alex Meillier, Ager Meillier Films Portrait by Nathan Crooker