{"id":380777,"date":"2026-08-25T16:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/380777\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:12:32","slug":"the-mennello-museum-of-american-art-presents-metal-the-mirror-sculpture-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/380777\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mennello Museum of American Art presents \u2018Metal the Mirror\u2019 sculpture exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Aug. 28, the Mennello Museum of American Art presents its latest exhibit, \u201cMetal the Mirror,\u201d featuring nine steel sculptures by Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904\u20131988). Organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/artbridgesfoundation.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Art Bridges<\/a>, the showcase returns to Central Florida for the first time in over 20 years. This is the museum\u2019s first large-scale indoor sculpture show, and the Mennello is the only venue hosting this touring exhibit in the Southeast.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNoguchi\u2019s work is being reconsidered across the country right now, and Orlando should be part of that conversation,\u201d wrote Shannon Fitzgerald, executive director of the Mennello Museum of American Art. \u201cHe spent a career refusing the lines the rest of us draw \u2014 between sculpture and design, between East and West, between art and daily life. These nine works make that argument in a single room, and they make it at close range, in surfaces that hold your reflection while you look.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58853\" class=\"wp-image-58853 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Cloud-Mountain_AB_2024_9_08_Promo-749x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"749\" height=\"1024\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-58853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904\u20131988) created \u201cCloud Mountain,\u201d 1982\u201383, from hot-dipped galvanized steel. (COURTESY OF CHARLES WHITE \/JWPICTURES)<\/p>\n<p>Each sculpture \u2014 produced near the end of Noguchi\u2019s six-decade career \u2014 is cut from a single sheet of steel with a plasma torch. Then, once folded and submerged in boiling zinc, the process leaves blotched but highly reflective surfaces that alter as time marches on. Paired with the sculptures, visitors can explore the Mennello Museum\u2019s Isamu Noguchi Education and Resource Room, which expands on Noguchi\u2019s life and legacy.\n<\/p>\n<p>The opening reception takes place Friday, Aug. 28, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., and includes Japanese light bites and traditional music by Friends of Koto.\n<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the showcase, visit the museum\u2019s website at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mennellomuseum.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> MennelloMuseum.org<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Aug. 28, the Mennello Museum of American Art presents its latest exhibit, \u201cMetal the Mirror,\u201d featuring nine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-380777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}