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title
[Encounter #05]
dimension
[H32×W20×D6(cm)]
techniques
[ply wood, acrylic boad, oil vanish]
collection of the artist
2009
Photos chronicals the renovation process for Hart Plaza's Dodge Fountain. The historic fountain hasn't operated fully in decades. Thanks to American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, the Dodge Fountain, a staple in the City of Detroit, will run again spring 2024!
Bringing back Detroit's Dodge Fountain has been a labor of love for the Detroit Construction & Demolition Department, and the Capital Planning team over this project.
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The fountain stands at 30-feet tall and has:
▶️ more than 100 light fixtures
▶️ 130 spray nozzles
▶️ and 350 linear feet of piping
[photo by Cara Ball]
Octetra by Isamu Noguchi.
The Hakone Open-Air Museum in Hakone was Japan's first open-air museum. The museum opened in 1969 and contains pieces of art by many of the world's most famous artists. They boast a surprisingly large collection of Picasso pieces. The HOAM is quite large (over 70,000 square meters) and has beautiful mountain scenery.
Hakone Open Air Museum. Hakone, Kanagawa.
Noguchi
(September 2021 — January 2022)
An exhibition celebrating Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), one of the most experimental and pioneering artists of the 20th century.
Noguchi explores the kaleidoscopic career of a true artistic polymath. This exhibition, which is his first touring retrospective in Europe for 20 years, focuses on Noguchi as a global citizen and his risk-taking approach to sculpture as a living environment.
‘Everything is sculpture. Any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture.'
Over 150 works are presented, including an extraordinary range of sculptures – made in stone, ceramics, wood and aluminium – as well as theatre set designs, playground models, furniture and lighting.
Embracing social, environmental and spiritual consciousness, Noguchi believed sculpture could 'be a vital force in our everyday life' and saw art 'as something which teaches human beings how to become more human.'
[Barbican Centre]