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*The illumination of Cobalt Blue is only available on this online program.
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This interview with artist Tokujin Yoshioka will be accompanied by imagery of his Glass Tea House - KOU-AN, specially installed in front of The National Art Center, Tokyo and illuminated in cobalt blue. The shining blue lights are a message of appreciation to the health care professionals working to fight the COVID-19 virus. Glass Tea House – KOU-AN, is a work that moves beyond the concepts of time and space to reconsider the roots of Japanese culture. This "architecture of light" sparkles like water in the daylight sun, and the rays refracted through the crystal prism sculpture reveal a rainbow of “flowers of light.”
Artist
Tokujin Yoshioka
Tokujin Yoshioka was born in 1967 and founded TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA INC. in 2000. His activities span the fields of design, architecture, and contemporary art, with his work receiving high acclaim internationally.
He has received numerous awards, and his works have been acquired into the permanent collections of major art institutions around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Musée National d'Art Moderne of France. He was selected by America’s Newsweek as one of 100 Japanese People the World Respects.
Yoshioka designed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Torch.
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