A giant saw in Odaiba, Tokyo
posted by Stardog Champion @ 11:00 AM
Monday, June 19, 2006
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15 Comments:
Pretty cool shot, like the colours.
Looks like rainy weather?It's 5PM here but feels like 8PM it's so dark.
Pretty oddball thingy isn't it?
Suby
Yeah, oddball stuff is quite common around here. Still, it can be quite fun.
It was raining pretty hard that day. A few hours later it was really coming down hard. Unfortunately, it's gonna be like that a lot for the next month or so :-(
Okay, for strange abstract art that governments pay too much money for, this is pretty good. I hate to admit it, but I acutally like this "sculpture".
Well done for getting it all in the frame. Next time you should get somebody to take you lying underneath it, preferably while (silently) screaming for effect!Ah, yes, bet that has never been done before.
Fun shot!! It makes for a great subject to photograph, but I wouldn't want it in my city. I wonder how long it will remain, and would LOVE to know the story behind building it.
Here we have a big pineapple, big sheep, big bananna, big prawn, big mango...and now I have seen the big saw. Never really understood big things, but I guess they do draw attention.
unas fotos muy buenas
Japan and their love for the bright colors...I like shot...good angle.
great content - cool colors ;o) whoever thinks about cutting a path ;o) - great!
Hello, the saw in a symbol of japanese industrial/business spirit.
It is the sculpture Saw, Sawing by Claes Oldenburg.
"If you can't make it good, make it big. (And if you can't make it big, make it red.)"
Claes Oldenburg's work would be very interesting to Japanese people since they have always been the masters of miniaturization. Oldenburg is a "Pop Artist" still living - of the same vintage as Andy Warhol. His idea to make us pay attention to ordinary things was in the same vein. Instead of doing multiples, he did huge versions. He was also the inventor of soft sculpture. You should see his soft fabric french fries falling from the bag!
it wansnt likethe japanese deicede to put it there. do you even know who designed it?!?!?!?!?
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