The Toyama Museum of Art and Design was a very large facility. There was the permanent collection as well as a special exhibit of works by Escher. We started with the permanent collection, moved to a personal collection, a interactive room and then to the rooftop playground. Then we headed to another section of the permanent collection.
The wedding shop is open
We can see the snow in the mountains off in the distance
It had been cloudy the last few days
Our taxi driver had a cute hat
Black Kites flying over us
It looks like a frog from this angle
Twins
A segment of a boat?
Baby bear
Cute eyes
Watched over by the falcon
Pappa bear about to maul me
Save me!!!
Japanese Gothic
Mamma Bear
Green eyes
Inside another bear
The interior is huge
Spacious and filled with light
The chair collection
A poster collection
They have had a poster competition here for the last 39 years
Is this a real horn?
Shadow
Under this chair
Red yellow and blue chair
Charles Mackintosh Chair "Willow 1" from 1904
Some chairs were out for folks to sit in
This swan chair was the most confortable
We had one of these chairs in an AirBnB. It was designed in 1925
So elegant
Another set of chairs
La Chaise by Eames
The next gallery was the complete collection of Shuzo Takiguchi
Man Ray's "Lip"
His collection was part art, part souvenirs, part randomly found items
A furry beer cover
As he said, everything seems to be cluttered and trying to rush to my feet
A handy art piece
Cluttered indeed
Adam and Eve!
A regular pattern with a circular discontinuity
In this interactive room we danced and swirled about as the design was created on the screen
After 30 seconds or so it is done
Here the dancing icon is still on the screen
Another scary poster
A very long and dark passageway
A very long stairway up to the roof
A playground on the roof
Bouncy bouncy
Snow in the distance
I wonder if the wind blows these around
Looking down at the park
Pink and brown poo
The eagle!
Bridges in the distance
The boot by Margarite
Jackson Pollok
Brilliant Starvation
The most funky sculpture "Person with Excessive Information"
A camphor tree sculpture
