{"id":1193,"date":"2012-07-26T21:05:54","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T01:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2025-02-16T16:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T21:57:53","slug":"hiroshi-sunairi-at-the-queens-museum-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/26\/hiroshi-sunairi-at-the-queens-museum-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiroshi Sunairi at The Queens Museum of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hiroshi<\/a>
Hiroshi Sunairi, Elephant, 2010, pruned tree branches and mulch from Flushing Meadows Corona Park and Cunningham Park, Queens, twine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cOnly Queens Museum would have a pile of decomposing tree trunks and branches out front instead of a piece of contemporary sculpture,\u201d I thought outside the QMA the other day.\u00a0 Signage quickly proved, however, that the pile is a sculpture titled \u2018Elephant\u2019 by NYU professor Hiroshi Sunairi, one of whose major projects<\/a> has been worldwide distribution of seeds from trees that survived the Hiroshima bombing.\u00a0 These trimmings come from Flushing Meadows\/Corona Park trees, however, and take the rough shape of a reclining elephant (the trunks are its legs).\u00a0 They not only take on the form of an animal known for its good memory, they create a new, mini ecosystem which, it\u2019s hoped, will house new trees of its own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cOnly Queens Museum would have a pile of decomposing tree trunks and branches out front instead of a piece of contemporary sculpture,\u201d I thought outside the QMA the other day.\u00a0 Signage quickly proved, however, that the pile is a sculpture titled \u2018Elephant\u2019 by NYU professor Hiroshi Sunairi, one of whose major projects has been worldwide … <\/p>\n

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