Not too long ago I told you about the Benesse House and the Benesse Art Site on Naoshima. Here are a few more lines and pictures about it, although today, we are going to mainly focus on the Benesse House Park and Beach. This section of the Benesse House includes […]
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Ok, I can’t go on much longer talking about Kagawa, the Seto islands, and of course Naoshima without talking about the Benesse House! So here is, finally, my first post on the topic. As you know if you’re a long time reader of this blog (well, it’s not that old, […]
Strange artwork this Mukaijima Project – “Make Island From Island” (向島プロジェクト「島から島を作る」). I like the idea. I’m less sure about the result. The idea was to create an artificial island (a floating and anchored one) between Naoshima and Mukaijima (one of the tiny islands surrounding Naoshima, only 500 ft away). It was […]
To be able to talk about the next artwork, I first need to explain its title and the fact that it contains a pun. Yes, I know, puns and wordplays are not funny anymore when somebody explains, but unless you speak Japanese, you’ll need my help on this one. […]
The works of art from the Setouchi International Art Festival 2010 about which I have talked lately didn’t excite me much. Today, it’s different as I’m going to tell you about one of those that surprised me the most. Positively surprised me, that is. It is Blind Blue Landscape (ブラインド・ブルー・ランドスケープ) […]
When I started to describe in a more or less detailed way various works of art from the Setouchi International Art Festival, it was as part of me promoting the area (no, the Kagawa Prefecture is not paying me a dime for this, although, that could be an idea… […]
I’ve waited for that day (yesterday) with a mix of excitement and apprehension, as it was the day I was finally going to set foot on Naoshima. The island where one day, about twenty years ago, the Benesse Corporation decided to set up a Contemporary Art Museum, which made […]