Original Painting and Supervisor |
Japanese-style Painter HIRAYAMA Ikuo HIRAYAMA Ikuo |
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1994
14.0m height × 13.0m (upper) or 19.0m (lower) width (240㎡)
Entrance Lobby, National Convention Hall, Pacifico Yokohama
Full view of the artwork
Planning ： Japan Traffic Culture Association
Artist Profile
HIRAYAMA Ikuo
HIRAYAMA Ikuo
Japanese-style Painter
Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1930. Graduated from Japanese painting department, Tokyo Art School (currently Tokyo University of the Arts). An artist representing the contemporary Japanese painting society. In addition to the works with the Silk Road theme and the replica of Takamatsuzuka tomb mural painting, he developed "Cultural Property Red Cross" movement and has been highly evaluated internationally. Successively held the positions of Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, Dean at the university, President of the university, Goodwill Ambassador and Special Advisor to World Heritage Site at UNESCO, Special Director of Tokyo National Museum, Representative Director of Foundation for Cultural Heritage and Art Research and so on. Received the Order of Culture in 1998. Passed away in 2009.Location ： Entrance Lobby, National Convention Hall, Pacifico Yokohama
Production Notes
The only “National Convention Center” in East Japan opened on April 25, 1994. The whole convention center was imaged with a shell, and the lobby in the first floor through the third floor was decorated with stained glass. A Greek mythology world drawn based on thirteen constellations such as Virgo and Libra that shine in the sky over Yokohama on Yokohama Port Opening Day anniversary (June 2) emerges with a stained glass of internal lighting with 280 sheets of 1 meter square glass frame.
Approximately 15,000 pieces of glass selected from 800 colors of German antique glass are used and this stained glass, which curves dynamically, makes us feel the grand universe.