tokujin yoshioka: rainbow church at spectrum

‘tokujin yoshioka _ spectrum’ from: may 1st location: museum beyond museum, seoul, korea

spectrum

tokujin yoshioka‘s solo exhibition entitled ‘tokujin yoshioka _ spectrum’ will be held in seoul, korea.

as part of his dream project ‘rainbow church,’ and a straw installation for the first time in asia will be shown.

‘the idea of this architecture project ‘rainbow church’ dates back to when I was in my early 20s. when I was in france for a business trip, I went to vence, a commune located near nice. there, I visited the chapelle du rosaire, which henri matisse, a french painter, created in his last years. I was engrossed in the beauty of the light that the chapel created. I experienced a space filled with the light of matisse: being bathed in the sunlight of the provence, the stained glass with matisse’s vibrant colors suffused the room with full of colors. since then, I had been dreaming of designing an architecture where people can feel the light with all senses.’ TY

the architecture project will be realized as a concept plan at the museum.

‘rainbow church’ 2006-10

a 9-meter-high stained glass installation made with approximately 500 crystal prisms will be filling the space with rainbow colors as the light shines on it.

rendering of the stained glass

crystal prisms

tokujin yoshioka with the crystal prisms

reflection of crystal