Anna Gonzalez Noguchi

Informed by her cross-cultural heritage, Noguchi’s art practice is based on a mixture of local research and personal or familial experience. She removes, relocates and reconstructs objects in different geographic territories to give them new meaning and to highlight the fragility of memory and experience.

Created specifically for this waterfront location, this modular sculpture references Liverpool’s wind and water routes which facilitated the historical import of ‘foreign’ plants into the UK. Plants from the city’s botanical archives, such as the Himalayan Balsam, are engraved onto the work. They were originally collected for ornamental or medicinal use, or for their ‘splendid invasiveness’ – the rapid and widespread growth of certain non-native plants.

From a distance, the work’s metallic surfaces can act like mirrors, Read more

Anna Gonzalez Noguchi’s art practice is informed by her cross-cultural heritage, particularly her relationship with her Japanese grandparents, who often inspire the materials used in her work. She attempts to preserve fragmented memories and experiences from her childhood – including their glitches and inconsistencies – as a way of identifying with her biography and heritage.

The artist combines machine and hand-made objects, some of which are found and some created new. She layers them on top of one another to give them new life and purpose, referencing how our memories can often change or take on new meaning over time. The works have a nostalgic quality, reminding us of both treasured family mementos and kitsch souvenirs. A continuous presence Read more