South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa encompasses stereotypical Orange County to a T. It's the biggest shopping complex in California with two massive ivory marble buildings of designer clothing connected by a sleek, modern bridge. Highflying spenders flood the stores year-round making it the highest grossing mall in the entire country.
While tourists and locals are busy buying items that are mass-produced and shipped all over the world, a neglected artistic masterpiece sits across the street awaiting visitors.
Few know about prominent Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi's installation California Scenario: The Courage of Imagination. It sits in a large courtyard hidden between office buildings. It occupies the entire plaza with a fountain, a large mound of sand with exotic cacti, a thirty-foot sandstone pyramid, a small grassy hill with a bench at the top, two miniature forests and a winding stream.
Each part is aesthetically striking. Together all the dimensions, angles and textures are meant to represent the diverse natural landscapes of California.
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