Laguna Honda Hospital
Pavillion Atrium
375 Laguna Honda Boulevard
Forest Hill
This is Skydancing by Takenobu Igarashi they are painted aluminum sculptures, reminiscent of blossoms and suspended from aircraft cables.
Japanese artist Igarashi has taught at Chiba University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He collaborated in the foundation of the Faculty of Design at Tama Art University (Kaminoge Campus) to set up the first computerized design education in Japan and was the first Head of the Design Department.
In 1994, he ended his 25 years of design activity and moved to Los Angeles to become a sculptor. After working with marble, he discovered terracotta and wood as his material. He returned to Japan in June 2004.
Representative works are in the permanent collection of over 30 museums worldwide including MoMA. He has been awarded the Commendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Katsumi Masaru Award, the Mainichi Design Award, the IF Design Award and the Good Design Award for his achievements and activities in the field of graphics and product design.
Igarashi has been an emeritus professor at Tama Art University since April 2015.
The hospital had a $3 million budget for the artwork within the new wing of the hospital, thanks to the 1% for art requirement in San Francisco public buildings.
The budget for the three pieces provided by Takenobu Igarashi was $238,686
Much of the art at Laguna Honda is not accessible to the general public, so only 2 of Igarashi’s 3 pieces appear in this website.