hasegawa has carefully selected 50 works by spanish-speaking artists. she personally decides on the exact placement of each piece. and just before the doors open, her staff are still asking her one question after another. >> translator: the works speak to me and say, "put me here." i love to hear that. >> reporter: she is deciding where to display the work of enrique malti who is visiting japan. he made three life-size casts of a friend, and then scaled them down for the exhibition. >> this is supposed to be what people look at. >> reporter: this work will appear right inside the entrance to the exhibition. hasegawa always wants to shock visitors with the first thing they see. >> she really gets a very good interpretation of the works. the dialogue should be intense between the artist and the curator. it's like the two sides of the coin. >> reporter: last friday lots of people braved the snow for a sneak preview of the show. the first piece on display is marty's sculpture. >> translator: people are very attracted to sculptures of the human body, because