(Naoshima Island)()(Travel)2023-03-23
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.
Pumpkin
Pumpkin was first shown at the 1994 Naoshima exhibition, Open Air '94 "Out of Bounds" --Contemporary Art in the Seascape--.
What separates the Pumpkin at Naoshima from the other Pumpkins Kusama had created in the past is how it was designed with the location in mind. Placed on an old pier jutting out into the sea, surrounded by the blue of the ocean and the green of the trees, this Pumpkin stands out with its vibrant yellow colour. It was one of the largest Pumpkin sculptures Kusama had made up to that point and was designed with the knowledge that it would be the first to be displayed outside.
Naoshima Island – Benesse House Museum Outdoor Works
An outdoor, seaside sculpture park on Naoshima Island which is part of the Benessee House Museum Collection
Naoshima Island – Lee Ufan Museum
A Museum resulting from the collaboration between internationally acclaimed Korean Artist Lee Ufan and Japanese Architect Tadao Ando.
Naoshima Art House Project – Benessee Art Site
At the Art House Project on Naoshima Island, artists take empty houses scattered about residential areas and turn the spaces themselves into works of art, weaving in history and memories of the period when the buildings were lived in and used.
