This exhibition gives a pronounced form to an ongoing conversation between two artists who never met: Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) and Vietnamese Danish artist Danh Vo (born 1975). The dialogue is articulated through a range of works by Noguchi that spans almost five decades.

Vo dedicates the M+ Pavilion largely to showcasing Noguchi’s work. This set the ground for a curatorial concept inspired by the scholar’s pavilion and garden’. The focal point here is Vo’s Untitled (Structure for Akari PL2), a modified design of the traditional architectural form from Guizhou Province. Surrounding this are almost three dozen works by Noguchi produced between the 1920s and the 1980s; they demonstrate his artistic versatility through diverse forms and a range of materials, including stones (granite, andesite, alabaster, obsidian, marble, and basalt), metals (aluminium, bronze, and galvanised steel), bamboo, and ceramics.