Hart said these
pieces not only feature the
central theme of stone, but also stand
as almost an obverted version of the planet, Earth, that so inspired Noguchi, with rock at the core in this case and a molten - like material coating the outside.
But this contemporaneity is not due solely to the
themes dealt with; today we view the works
as anticipating
central trends in contemporary art like those we find ourselves confronted with in Paul McCarthy's and Mike Kelley's
pieces, for example, but also in the production of Jonathan Meese, Thomas Hirschhorn, or John Bock.