Monday, April 22, 2024

21 April 2024 Hiroshima: The MOCA: A Contemporary Art Museum in Hiroshima


Up on the top of a hill in a park in Hiroshima the MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) stands in a very modern building.  It was raining a bit but not too hard as we entered the building.  Two of the four galleries were closed.  We were able to see the sculptures that were outside the building as well as a gallery inside.  Afterwards we sat on a bench waiting for our Uber to show up.  It was still raining so we just took it easy in the hotel for a "lazy" afternoon.  


Looking down from up where the museum was


A crowded cemetery


Modern architecture 


A big bronze


Very funky serpentine table and bench


Museums usually have the best restroom signs


Even the attachment hardware is creative


Welded steel


An flea market photo repurposed and brough back to life


The Peace Dome


Looking out at the sculptures


These old lighters are new "antiques"  only 1000 yen


It is a stick!  But a stick made from bronze


Beefy bird


Bird butt!


A hole in the Hiroshima sky


At first I thought these may be cobras


Then they looked like gaming chairs


Chairs with spikes inside them


It is still raining


The works continue down the hill


Suspended in the air


"Echo"is punched out of the steel slab


Stackers


Benches?


Roped off for our safety


Cocoons 


Wet steps down to our pick up point


A lantern that survived the bombing


It has been 1 year and 321 days since we began our Migration