The lit up Nikkei Lantern monument in Japantown.
Nikkei Lantern Monument
Almaden Avenue Sculpture
Public Art as Resistance Tour
You can sign up to go on a great free walking tour with a guide from San Jose State University (https://www.sjsu.edu/ha-public-art-tour/) or you can download the map and take yourself on the tour. The walk through San Jose’s downtown takes you to several public art works in the theme of Resistance through art. I enjoyed the in person tour, learning about the art, and appreciating the art on a nice walk. This made for a good adventure.
A list of the featured art works on the tour and information about them can be seen here: https://www.sjsu.edu/ha-public-art-tour/public-art/index.php .
Here are some of the photos I took on the tour. Some of these photos have art not part of the official tour though I still learned about them from the tour guide in passing and while I do not have photographs here of all of the works actually on the tour, they were all interesting and thought provoking. I learned a lot and have more to think about when I go by each of the art works we saw on the walk.
Serpentine Pavilion
Walk around the Serpentine Pavilion on 1st Street and enjoy how it changes and presents itself from different angles. Designed by Bjarke Ingels.
Art at Adobe
Some art and color outside the Adobe headquarters building in downtown San Jose. Taken on a flip phone on a cloudy day.
Lion Sculptures
These sculptures by Ilona Malka Rich can be found on West San Fernando Street.
San Jose in Lego
Among other landmarks, you can see the San Jose Museum of Art above, and San Jose City Hall below.
You can visit San Jose, and other cities of the Bay Area, in Lego scale at the Lego Land Discovery Center in The Great Mall of Milpitas.
San José Museum of Art Lobby
Art hanging in the San José Museum of Art lobby. This work is called Noisey Blushes by artist Pae White (https://paewhite.com).
Moving and looking from different angles changes the art.
Stanford University with a Flip Phone
That is pay phone, in a stone hall, at Stanford University. I wonder how often it is used these days. Photo taken by a flip phone of the kind that came along to make pay phones far harder to find starting several years ago.
Triumph Pelt
This artwork is called “Triumph Pelt” and is hanging on the DMV in south San Jose. It was created by artist Dustin Shuler in 1986 (https://dustinshuler.com/pelts.html).
