Monday, June 8, 2009

the CUBE...

In its material sense, the cube is a symbol of stability. 
As for its mystic meaning, the cube is symbol of wisdom, truth, moral perfection, at the origin itself of a civilization


Water Cube, Olypmic Village, Beijing
A building made simply of cube form

Rubik's Cube

Dice


Red Cube is 1968 creation of Artist Isamu Noguchi. The sculpture is located in front of 140 Broadway, between Liberty and Cedar Streets.
The bright red painted steel of Isamu Noguchi's Red Cube stands out in strong contrast to the blacks, browns, and whites of the buildings and sidewalks around the sculpture. Located to one side of a small plaza in front of the HSBC (previously the Marine Midland Bank) building on Broadway, Red Cube is surrounded on three sides by skyscrapers, the height of which draw a viewer's eye upwards