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Angel Orensanz Brings his "Floating Sistine Chapel" to
Tokyo
Starting this Monday, September 27th, sculptor Angel Orensanz presents to the
city of Tokyo a new vision of its landmark the Marunouchi Building. Dressing it
up and lighting it up in vivid colors like an extension of the Sistine Chapel in
Rome.
The Marunouchi building is an iconic architectural complex of Tokyo, near the
Imperial Palace, with a role similar in it's significance as the Rockefeller
Center in New York. It already has become a world reference for its
architectural and artistic breath.
The “Floating Sistine Chapel” is a construction /installation piece
developed by sculptor Angel Orensanz that extends and revives the aesthetics,
the philosophy and the mystique of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Michelangelo
painted the walls and ceilings of the Italian monument, undoubtedly one of the
masterpieces in the entire history of art, as the fullest condensation of faith
in history, the urban environment and the depth of all human
life.
Angel Orensanz's “Floating Sistine Chapel” was premiered in New York
in the early Summer of this year at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in Lower
Manhattan. This past September 5 it was broadcast live for 15 minutes by
NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai) from the Angel Orensanz Foundation in Manhattan to the
whole of Japan, North Korea and parts of China. It filled the early hours of
millions of viewers with a visual experiment of the deepest recesses of the
dreams and
creativity.
This intervention on the Marunouchi Building will be followed by a retrospective
exhibition at the art gallery of the Spanish Embassy from the 13 through the
22 of the month of October; open to
everybody.
Angel Orensanz has been active in Japan since the early 1990’s with a
construction for Heartland, at Roppongi Park, a one year installation sponsored
by Kirin Beer. He has exhibited his work as well at Bunka Gakuin and Tarasuka
Universities. Orensanz was invited to present a sculpture and performances in
the gardens of Senso-ji in Central Tokyo to commemorate the end of World War II.
His work has been presented at the Miyazaki Airport, at the Olympic Games of
Sapporo and at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art. The active engagement of
Angel Orensanz in Japan also covers a large sculptural contribution to the
Paddle Sports International Association of Japan in the Omono River, Akita; the
premiere of one of his movies at the Tokyo Film Festival 2009 and, with his
participation, another of his movies at the current Tokyo Film
Festival.
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