One Scene and Untitled

One Scene is located on the expansive Dublin Recreation Center wall that serves as a backdrop to the entryway pond. It was installed by the artist while he was suspended over the water on a window-washing equipment platform. Untitled is installed in the entryway of the Dublin Municipal Building. The cast bronze and poured glass artworks by Hiroshima, Japan-born sculptor Daisuke Shintani are evocative of numerous tree leaves with vine branches. Shintani now lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and his work is exhibited and collected in Italy, Japan, Switzerland, France, Germany, Canada, Russia and the United States.

The viewer of the artworks actually sees the reverse side of the leaf, which has been inverted through the casting process. The artist uses glass as a recording device – pouring it on an object where it freezes in shape, capturing the dramatic event in time. The result is pure composition in line and form, with the glass catching the light, refracting it and casting shadows.

The installations were brought to Dublin through “Titration2: Park Fiction,” the second phase of Dublin Arts Council’s on-loan outdoor sculpture exhibition series, which was installed in Dublin’s Coffman Park in 2008. The “Park Fiction” theme illustrates the whimsy and human connection to the outdoor recreational spaces in our midst. The exhibition was brought to life through four groupings, ranging from three to more than 50 sculptural elements.

Titration is a common laboratory method used to add a measured quantity of a reagent, called a titrant, into an unknown reagent, called a reactant, to produce a chemical reaction. The exhibition series reflects the fluid properties of its name in the figurative sense: our changing community, our growing collection of public art, and Dublin’s sense of cultural identity. The exhibition dovetailed with the introduction of Riverboxes, another public art initiative that encourages historical and artistic exploration and response to the river in our midst.

For more information about One Scene and Untitled, visit dublinarts.org and click on the Art in Public Places tab.

Materials

Bronze
Glass

Dates

Purchased: 2008
Installed: 2008