ART VILLAGE
2012年10月25日
Walking around the greater Takamatsu area is so often full of pleasant surprises and here’s one for you and also a great place to see.I’d not heard of it until a couple of friends suggested a visit and I’m glad they did, and I was gratified to see the Shikoku-Mura Gallery in Yashima.
The world-renowned Tadao Ando designed this building with its inner water gardens and his architectural style is distinctive, always beautiful and I never tire of it.
On exhibition is an admix collection from the Jomon period of ancient Japan to a few pieces from the French Impressionists, always held in high esteem by the Japanese. And I suppose everywhere else but the Impressionists do have a special place in their hearts.
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5402.html
The map on the link gives the train information to the foot of Mt. Yashima Shikoku Mura and the gallery. This is a combined gallery and Shikoku Mura Village. A ticket for both is 1,000 yen and it’s open year round but from 8:30 a.m.~5:50 p.m. except through April to October when it closes at 5:30 p.m.
All the art on display sits well in the graceful-modern & concrete structure. Ando’s special gift for making the natural light filter through his structures in such an unequaled way makes it particularly so. Tight turns on curved stairs, nooks-and-crannies, unpredictable corridors leading to open areas, there’s such a lot to appreciate in any of Ando’s buildings.
Outside, the garden is very clearly an integral part of Ando’s design for the gallery and it’s meant to be explored & enjoyed as a part of the whole gallery experience.
I’ll be back soon to talk about the Folk-House Open-Air Museum & gallery, which is a part of the Art Village next week.
Until then, and if you’re in Japan please enjoy the lovely Autumnal warmth and the changing seasons. Now is the perfect time for moon viewing. Jack Frost will soon be with us tinting the landscape with his brush and we’ll be in the grip of winter once again.
So see you all again soon …
"Pat has lived in Takamatsu continuously since arriving here on a one year study and leave 1981. Originally from Tasmania, Australia, he was involved in education at a variety of levels including as a specialist teacher for children with learning difficulties, and at senior high schools throughout the state. Pat is employed full-time by the i-pal Kagawa International Exchange as a co-oridintaor for international relations amongst other duties including traveling to schools and giving talks in Japanese to kids about Australia. He has been involved with youth education exchanges between Japan and Australia for many years.
Pat has been many things in his colorful life including a seaman, helmsman, welder, carpenter, traffic warden, scholarship/studentship winner at the university of Tasmania, staff at the Australian Embassy in London to name but a few. Pat has far too many hobbies which include tennis, playing jazz flutes and saxes, riding bicycles with the Takamatsu Cycling Club all of which his long-suffering family tolerate. Recently he's become interested in painting again. His wife wishes he would put more time in to helping around the house and the garden which he artfully avoids ..."
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