Isamu Noguchi

I cannot believe this sculpture but it must be true it is an amazment.

Cool designer Isamu Noguchi fountain Japanese American Isamu Noguchi (IsamuNoguchi ,1904-1988) was the most famous sculptors of the 20th century, is one of the earliest attempts to combine sculpture and landscape design people. Isamu Noguchi once said; “I like to think the sculpture garden as a space.” He devoted his whole life with outdoor sculpture ways of shaping the land.

http://news.frbiz.com/fun_funny_fountain_around_the-324181.html

Mitsutoshi Kudo

Another Ice sculpture that I have come across on my journey of researching 😛 Temperatures in some parts of japan can drop down quite low so when these popular ice sculpture competition comes along they work all around the clock to finish them before they melt and have time for everyone else to see.

Found:
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/features/article_1389820.php/In_photos_Japan_Snow_Festival

Ready for the japanese ice sculpting festival 😀

Art piece jungle gym! -Toshiko Horiuchi

Art isn’t just to look at by the seems of it suggested by Toshiko Horiuchi. He created this as a sculpture piece of art but also for the kids to play and have fun. I would love to have a go of that 😀 Looks so fun!

Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam Woods of Net Knitted Wonder Space 2009

Found on a blog site:
http://news.killscreendaily.com/post/12475346183/art-you-can-touch

Led to the original site:
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/cool/10-11/index.html

Motohiko Odani

However creepy this sculpture is, you can see that it has meaning to it. This reminds me of some of the stories that anime and manga have told about souls floating etc. This reminds me the souls out of the anime I have watched. It looks as though this person has just left it’s body. Mothohiko Odani has created a very clever sculpture.

Mysterious Pearl Ice

“Mysterious Pearl” as taken with 400 ASA film in a Minolta Dynax 7: March 2006 in Fairbanks, AK at the World Ice Art Championships. Sculpture by Junichi Nakamura, Shinichi Sawamura, Dan Rebholz, & Derek Maxfield. 2nd place, multi-block realistic category.

Ice sculpturing is so pretty but such a shame it doesn’t last long but at least you can enjoy it’s beauty whilst it lasts

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_sculpture

Found one ice sculptures here:

http://www.ksd-designs.com/blog/frozen-art-in-japan

天壇大佛 Tian Tan Buddha

The Big Buddha (天壇大佛, Tian Tan Buddha) on Lantau island is such a lovely place to visit when your in HK. I went there when I was 5-6 years old and remember me and my sister asking our dad to carry us up the 1000 steps that lay before this huge Buddha.  This isn’t one of my photo’s as they are locked in a cupboard somewhere (if I find them I shall be sure to scan them in and upload them). This isn’t just a sculpture as there is a temple underneath the Buddha where you can pray and light your incense. I am definitely in love with this sculpture and the fact that it is of the Buddhist religion and it’s up high in the open gives a heavenly feel when your actually there and climbing all total 1000 steps to heaven 😀

 

Spoonbridge and Cherry

In the Pop Art Sculpture, Claes Oldenburg was considered one of the most important representatives of the movement. He created many large scale public works. A famous work of his, in collaboration with Coosje Van Bruggen, is the Spoonbridge and Cherry in Minneapolis.

Spoonbridge and Cherry – Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen

Source:
http://www.pixel77.com/the-influence-of-art-history-on-modern-design-pop-art/

Stone Henge

I am not a big fan of statues of people, I was a bit weary of this particular category because I have a fear of statues. Researching sculptures and what comes up…STATUES O_O I really don’t like them and I’m not a fan of china dolls either. So with sculptures I will not be posting any statues of exact form of human beings or angels or anything like that >< I am very disturbed by them.

Right, (Back to the topic) I have always wanted to visit Stone Henge. It’s always been a mystery that place but so fascinating. It was also in an episode of the newest series’ of Doctor Who with Matt smith. I would class this as a sculpture even though we do not know who put it there but nevertheless whoever did put it there placed it in that specific design for some sort of purpose whether that is just cause of appearance or for a scientific reason would not matter.

Some people think that there is a festive event or religious reason Stonehenge being here. Some go there every year gathering around it waiting for something to happen.

 

Dennis Oppenheim

Dennis Oppenheim a architect and sculpture artist created Device to Root Out Evil in CANADA Vancouver. It is quite a bizzare thing to create and a lot of people are complaining about it as if it were to fall over it could kill someone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Oppenheim

Top 10 Sculptures: Imperial guardian lion

The pair of lions that stand at these gates are famous guardians in china for warding off evil. They are mostly placed at imperial gates and palaces like The Forbidden City (below). It is said that if you break these you will have very bad luck. A lot of these chinese sculptures always have a meaning or purpose e.g. the lucky chinese cats which are supposed to bring prosperity and luck (mainly for businesses).
I love these sculptures of the chinese lions, they can look quite scary but also they can bring out the culture of china.