Art@Site www.artatsite.com Okamoto Taro Young Clock Tower
Artist:

Okamoto Taro

Title:

Young Clock Tower

Year:
1966
Adress:
Sukiyabashi Crossing
Website:
www.tokyo-re-discovery.com:
Located near Sukiyabashi crossing is "Young Clock Tower'. The clock on the top as a face and horns growing out of the body... the statue symbolises a natural human state to live passionately as well as Tokyo and Japan on the move. Come back at night to see the tower lighting up.
Do you know Taro Okamoto? He is a prominent Japanese artist of the 20th century. The avant-garde artist became popular with his intense statement "Art is an explosion!" made on a TV commercial. Some of you may recognise his "Tower of the Sun" created as the symbol of Expo '70 which is still preserved in the Expo Commemoration Park in Osaka.