Created from bamboo and printed Japanese paper, Jacob Hashimoto’s elaborate installations cascade from the ceiling to create a vibrant “cloud canopy.” In his latest exhibition titled Giant Arc, ripples of color and pattern stretch from wall to wall as the nearly 75,0000 kite-like elements cluster, repeat, and tease the floor. The monumental work, which just went on view at SFMOMA, marks the largest piece the artist has created to date.
As sun streams through the museum’s large windows and mixes with the light of the gallery, the feel of the installation changes throughout the day. Hashimoto conceives of the experience as a conduit to wonder for visitors of all ages, focusing on formal compositional elements like contrast, hue, and repetition to evoke the joy of the present.
“The gravity of Giant Arc is its universality,” Hashimoto says in a statement. “This essential nature allows people to find what they might need in the work—mysteries if people want them, stories if people desire them, narratives to spin and twist, experimental maps and aerial geographies to explore.”
Giant Arc will be on view through mid-2028 in the museum’s ground floor gallery. Find more on the Hashimoto’s Instagram, and revisit our interview with the artist from 2022.
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