Jotaro Sasaki
ASIN: B07DY62T1R
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 141
This book shows 100 photos of artworks in Tokyo and the neighboring areasThe purpose of public art is to make art works familiar to citizens by putting them in towns and parks. It also has implications such as the formation of town planning, granting a cultural value, contributing to public welfare. Public art is different from the art museum, an unspecified number of people can experience at the same time in the everyday space.In Japan, the real public art culture has existed since 1960's, and now placed countless a lot of works of art everywhere on the streets. Probably there are more than a few hundred thousand of the works of art nationwide in Japan nowadays. However, most of them, regardless of the artistic value, are ignored and people go through them.This book shows 100 artworks in Tokyo and the neighboring areas (Tokyo 50, Saitama Prefecture 30, Kanagawa Prefecture 20)100 all ...