Seoul– Oxygen 20 (서울 – 산소 20) - Olynmpic Park - Seoul, Korea
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N 37° 30.961 E 127° 07.301
52S E 334003 N 4153775
This abstract metal sculpture, by the Japanese artist Saburo Muraoka, is located in Olympic Park, site of the 1988 Summer XXIV Olympiad held in Seoul, Korea
Waymark Code: WMD6TQ
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Date Posted: 11/27/2011
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This large metal sculpture consists of eighteen oxygen tanks lined up against a metal wall, painted red-rust color, and slanted at a slight angle on the slope of a hill. Oxygen and oxygen are common themes in Muraoka's work.
서울 – 산소 20
Seoul – oxygen 20
1988
무라오카
Muraoka Saburo
일본 Japan
From the Legacy Project:
Saburo Muraoka was born in Osaka [in 1928] and lives now in Otsu City in Shiga Prefecture. As a member of a commando unit in World War II, he was released from service in 1945 and, on his way home, witnessed the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The images of the land--vacant and burnt--have had an enduring influence on his work. Muraoka graduated from the Sculpture Department of the Osaka Municipal Institute of Art in 1950. From 1960-1969, he was a member of the Nika Art Association.