Almost golden

Almost golden
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shadows

shadows
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Hara Museum of Contemporary Art:
www.haramuseum.or.jp/

This museum, built in 1938, was originally a house of a wealthy businessman, Mr Hara.

shadows

shadows
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

Hara Museum of Contemporary Art:
www.haramuseum.or.jp/

This museum, built in 1938, was originally a house of a wealthy businessman, Mr Hara.

Hara Museum

Hara Museum
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

It's a Sony

It's a Sony
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At the front yard gallery (?) of Hara Museum of Contemporary Art.

An old SONY Trinitron Colour TV. Probably from the 1980s. We have almost forgot this type of TV. We even don't remember how to switch this on. Only after I thought for a while, I remembered I used to pull and push the knob. (I'm stupid the knob is out of the frame.)

This was placed just behind the Pink Telephone. While a pay phone was usually put outside a building, an outside TV is unusual.

Pink

Pink
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At the front yard gallery (?) of Hara Museum of Contemporary Art.

This kind of public telephone (Pink Telephone) has now long gone... 20 years or so. Basically the artist put these "useless" objects there, probably to remind people of their "long-gone" recent past.

Of this kind of feeling, we use the word なつかしい [na-tsu-ka-shi-i].

And this "piece of art" looks very ironic to me. A なつかしい telephone from the 1970s or 1980s that doesn't work any more and has retired can make "a piece of art" in a museum's front yard. Not so on the street, but after seeing this at the museum, you'd feel somewhat different when you see this pink pay-phone on the street. This is how art can make a difference, I suppose...

The arts start here

The arts start here
Originally uploaded by nofrills.

In front of Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan.

Apparently an artist named Ken drew this. And the shadow is, it's a friend of mine there.

Museum entrance

Museum entrance
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Hara Museum of Contemporary Art:
www.haramuseum.or.jp/

This museum, built in 1938, was originally a house of a wealthy businessman, Mr Hara, in the middle of a quiet residencial area.

The exhibision was "Yoroyoron", which can be translated as "Unstable Public Opinion", by a young Japanese artist, Tabaimo. Her ways of looking at things really grabbed me: she's so sure she's one of the public and that is where she stands - she doesn't look down. She doesn't see herself as somebody special. And her drawing is just amazing.
www.fujitv.co.jp/event/art-net/go/333.html
www.enjoytokyo.jp/OD004Detail.html?EVENT_ID=42330

Life in Green

Life in Green
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In the front yard of Hara Museum of Contemporary Art.
www.haramuseum.or.jp/

Green, red and white

Green, red and white
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Summer weed.
In the front yard of Hara Museum of Contemporary Art.
www.haramuseum.or.jp/

No Parking - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art

No Parking - Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Originally uploaded by nofrills.