Hiroshi Sugimoto Gallery: Time Corridors
Corridor of Time reflects the characteristics of Ando's architecture that encourages visitors to walk around the architecture space in its natural environment, Hiroshi Sugimoto's continuous pursuit to solve the question of time, and his longstanding relationship with Naoshima.
Hiroshi Sugimoto Gallery was conceived to connect Naoshima and Enoura, which can be said to be the starting point of Sugimoto's creative activities since Sugimoto's longtime efforts in Naoshima led to the creation of his ultimate work as an artist, Enoura Observatory in Odawara.
While Enoura Observatory mainly exhibits architecture and designed gardens, this gallery is a unique exhibition facility unlike any other in the world where visitors can continuously view the full-scale of Hiroshi Sugimoto's famous photography works, designs, and sculptures. Corridor of Time reflects the characteristics of Ando's architecture that encourages visitors to walk around the architecture space in its natural environment, Hiroshi Sugimoto's continuous pursuit to solve the question of time, and his longstanding relationship with Naoshima. They are intended so that visitors experience the changes in nature and the magnificent flow of time, pondering the history and the meaning of life.
Naoshima Island – Lee Ufan Museum
A Museum resulting from the collaboration between internationally acclaimed Korean Artist Lee Ufan and Japanese Architect Tadao Ando.
Naoshima Island – Yayoi Kusama Yellow Pumpkin
On an old pier on Naoshima Island, Japan, Yayoi Kusama's largest Pumpkin sculpture was designed with the knowledge that it would be the first to be displayed outside.
Chichu Art Museum
Despite being primarily subterranean, the Chichu Art Museum designed by Tadao Ando and featuring works of James Turrell and Claude Monet, lets in an abundance of natural light that changes the appearance of the artworks and the ambience of the space itself with the passage of time throughout the day and all along the year's four seasons.
