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Naoshima: Nature, Art, Architecture

Naoshima: Nature, Art, Architecture

Naoshima: Nature, Art, Architecture

$60.00

ANDO. Kwon, Miwon and Kayo Tokuda.
Hatje Cantz, 2011
Book ID: 87602

Those who make the effort to travel to the island of Naoshima in western Japan's Seto Inland Sea are rewarded with a unique art experience. The ferry terminal, where most visitors disembark, was designed by the Tokyo-based architects SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa. The Chichu Art Museum, by Tadao Ando, contains an incomparable selection of masterpieces by Walter De Maria, James Turrell, and Claude Monet. Other meditative buildings by Ando house works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Long, and Bruce Nauman. Carefull restored, traditional structures serve as venues for art projects such as Hiroshi Sugimoto's shrine restoration. Scattered across the island are site-specific works, susch as the Cultural Meeting Bath, by Cai Guo-Qiang, or the oversized pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama. Photographs by Naoya Hatakeyama and Osamu Watanabe capture the essence of this extraodinary place and provide an overview of the art of Naoshima for armchair travelers and visitors alike.

232 pp. / hb / 108 color photos / En/Jp.