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Y is for Tokujin Yoshioka and his Rainbow Church: A to Z Challenge 2014

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Tokujin Yoshioka: Rainbow Church @ spectrum
Tokujin Yoshioka: Rainbow Church @ spectrum via mikha_elohim on Flickr
131014_吉岡徳仁 "Crystalize"展_Rainbow Church Takahiro Shutoh
Yoshioka’s 吉岡徳仁 “Crystalize”展_Rainbow Church via Takahiro Shutoh on Flickr
Tokujin Yoshioka: Rainbow Church @ spectrum
Tokujin Yoshioka: Rainbow Church @ spectrum via mikha_elohim on Flickr

 

Tokujin Yoshioka constructed a church of color and light 40 feet tall with 500 crystal prisms as the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.  According to his press release, he was inspired by a chapel designed by Matisse:

It was inspired when the young Yoshioka visited the Chappelle du Rosaire,
a chapel designed by Henri Matisse in his last years, and was struck by the beauty of its light.
The sunlight of the Provence pouring in through the beautiful stained glass,
created in the vivid colors so characteristic of Matisse’s paintings, created a space suffused with Matisse’s colors. There Yoshioka was seized by an ambition to construct a space of his own in which to experience light through all the senses. This large-scale installation presents that light, which has always been one of his ultimate goals.

To envelope you in colored light is one of the magical powers of stained glass, and Tokujin Yoshioka finds his own way to release color.

 

Rainbow at Athabasca Falls, Jasper National Park

J is for Jasper National Park with Snowmobiles and Rainbows, A to Z Challenge 2013

J is for Jasper, both Jasper National Park, and Jasper, AB, the town.  I was first there as a girl in the early 1970’s, and remember the giant vehicle that took us out on the Columbia icefields, with a conveyor belt contraption on the wheels.  It was red, but according to a photo from a previous decade, they came in many colors.

One of my favorite painters, Canadian Lawren Harris, has a painting of Maligne Lake.

Jasper from Whistler Mountain
Jasper from Whistler Mountain. Photo by Wayne Stratz, 1996.

In 1996, Stratoz and I took a trip to Jasper, venturing up Whistler Mountain in a tram, and seeing a panoramic view of the town of Jasper.

Rainbow at Athabasca Falls, Jasper National Park
Rainbow at Athabasca Falls, Jasper National Park, Alberta. Photo by Wayne Stratz, 1996.

We also visited Athabasca Falls, which was intensely loud with the sound of water hitting rocks.  This rainbow floated up, seemingly within our reach.


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More images on my A to Z Challenge 2013 Pinterest Board.

A to Z Blogging Challenge April 2013