Anamoribashi

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Anamoribashi, Tokyo

Anamoribashi is the name of a bridge that it is located near the Haneda airport. So, the bridge was designed to look like an airplane taking off.

The blue component illuminates when it is dark.

Meridiana, Giulio Paolini

Meridiana, Giulio Paolini

Shinjuku-I-Land, Tokyo

This artwork named Meridiana is a floor pattern composed of square designs. There are many people in this place and they are spending time in a relaxing way.

This space usually uses the cafeteria and it seems that the space there can be rented.

Astronomical clock, Giulio Paolini

Astronomical clock, Giulio Paolini

Shinjuku-I-Land, Tokyo

The clock tells about the movement of the time, sun, moon and the starts in Tokyo. The clock was designed as basic model of a world-famous Prague Astronomical Clock.

Mechanical parts were produced by SEIKO, Japanese clock company.

Unghia e marmo, Giuseppe Penone

Unghia e marmo, Giuseppe Penone

Shinjuku-I-Land, Tokyo

This artwork is made by Giuseppe Penone. I have never heard him before. So I researched about him on the web and found out that he's a very famous artist. His exhibition also took place at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art in summer 2009.

Unfortunately, the translucent part of his artwork was broken.

PASSI, Luciano Fabro

PASSI, Luciano Fabro

Shinjuku-I-Land, Tokyo

Pleiades, Hidetoshi Nagasawa

Pleiades, Hidetoshi Nagasawa (長沢英俊)

Shinjuku-I-Land, Tokyo

This artwork was designed by Hidetoshi Nagasawa who is famous for his creative works in Milan, Italy. I guessed that these stones are star cluster just as the title.

The artwork is located at a corner in West Shinjuku skyscrapers.

Red Buoyant II, Mary Ann E. Mears

Red Buoyant II, Mary Ann E. Mears

Kawasaki, Japan

This artwork designed by Mary Ann Mears was gifted to Kawasaki, Kanagawa by Baltimore, Maryland for their friendship in 1979.
An artwork named Red Buoyant is also placed on Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland.

You can see more of her artworks on the following site.
http://www.maryannmears.com/

Polar Bear, Dewar & Gicquel

Polar Bear, Dewar & Gicquel

Yokohama Triennare 2011

"Polar Bear" is a title of the artwork. The bear is on a very small peace of ice. I think that  Arctic Ice is decreasing little by little every year so they made small ice.

Goldfinger, Motohiro Tomii

Goldfinger, Motohiro Tomii

Yokohama Triennare 2011

What is the artwork made of? I wouldn't know until I went to see the artwork closely. It was made of push pins!!! These push pins was pinned into the wall in a line. How long did designer made it?

You can see more his works bellow link.
http://tomiimotohiro.com/

Andere, Tobias REHBERGER

Andere, Tobias REHBERGER

Yokohama Triennare 2011

These blue bulbs are linked to the lights of each of Yokohama city's child's room via the internet. So when a child turns the light on at his or her room, one of the bulbs are turned off. In this time, most bulbs are on, so most of the rooms have their lights turned off.

One Sentence ,YIN Xiuzhen

One Sentence ,YIN Xiuzhen

Yokohama Triennare 2011

The artwork "One sentence" is made by Yin Xiuzhen, a Chinese artist. We can appreciate the artworks while walking on spiral way. However, I prefer to watch the artwork as a whole. The picture was taken on the second floor.

moonrise. east. March, Ugo RONDINONE

moonrise. east. March, Ugo Rondinone

Yokohama Triennare 2011

This artworks which were made by Ugo Rondinone are located in front of Yokohama museum and these greeted passersby with funny faces.

This artwork is one of my favorite artworks in the exhibition.

Tento Mushi, Tadao Miyamoto

Tento Mushi, Tadao Miyamoto(宮本信夫)

Shinjuku, Tokyo

"Ladybird" is called Tento Mushi in Japanese.

Temple of Water, Nobuo Sekine

Temple of Water(水の神殿), Nobuo Sekine(関根伸夫)

Shinjuku, Tokyo

This artwork functions as a fountain but it was not turned on this day. I think it was done to save on electricity.

Cloud, Takatsugu Nagahiro

Cloud(雲), Takatsugu Nagahiro(永廣 隆次)

Shinjuku, Tokyo

I checked the background of the designer, Takatsugu Nagahiro. He made many artworks from iron and most of his artworks installed outdoors.

The rusted iron made a good pattern.

Cubics' conference, Shimon Saito

Cubics' conference, Shimon Saito(斎藤史門)

Shinjuku, Tokyo

It looks like these cubes are going to collapse and they don't appear heavy, though the artwork is made from metal.

Melt, Tadashi Mori

Melt(溶融), Tadashi Mori(森 正)

Shinjuku, Tokyo

I tried to search about sculptor but I didn't get his information on the web.

Pedestale of the sky, Nobuo Sekine

Pedestale of the sky(空の台座), Nobuo Sekine(関根伸夫)

Shinjuku, Tokyo

It's very interesting to see that there are buildings inside of the circle. It just happened that, two cute dogs were behind the artwork in the picture.

By the way, how to make it? It was made by granite stone.

Sori No86, Takera Narita

Sori No86, Takera Narita(成田 武羅)

Shinjuku, Tokyo

The sculptor, Takera Narita has published his art collection book. That book uses a photo of this artwork as the cover.

Fragments of the horizon No.2, Shinji Kikuchi

Fragments of the horizon No.2(地平線の断片No.2), Shinji Kikuchi(菊地 伸治)

Shinjuku, Tokyo

This artwork is named the Frangments of the horizon No.2. First of all, I thought of the place the artwork is trying to resemble when I saw it. There are two pyramids and I guess it's Giza, Egypt.