Monthly Archives: September 2014

neon tubes

neon art installation
I’m not sure if this is by François Morellet or not.

If not then it is certainly inspired by (copied from?) him. It was in the Himalayas Centre.

Inside the Himalayas Centre

Inside the Himalayas Centre - photograph by Bel
Inside it was still Gaudiesque. The colour and Chinese script are from a light show.

Gaudiesque?

The Himalayas Centre - Gaudiesque? - by Bel
The Himalayas Centre is quite Gaudiesque inside and outside.

The architect is Arata Isozaki, known for his work on the Barcelona Olympics Stadium and Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art.

The Himalayas Centre

The Himalayas Centre, Shanghai, photograph by Bel
I passed this by chance on my way for a stroll round Century Park.

New to Shanghai

OK

Things weren’t working out.

So I’m in Shanghai.

Why not?

Pudong Skyscrapers