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Minamidera
Located in the historical and cultural heart of Naoshima near Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines (Gokuraku-ji and Hachiman Jinja), Minamidera is a new structure that pays homage to a temple formerly at this site, which was a spiritual gathering place for the community. Designed by Tadao Ando, accounting for the size of artwork by James Turrell inside.
| Works |
James Turrell Backside of the Moon , 1999 |
|---|---|
| Architecture | Design: Tadao Ando |
- James Turrell
- Born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California. MFA, Claremont Graduate School. Major Turrell exhibitions have been held in 1980 at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and in 1995 at Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki. Significant works include the Roden Crater project (1979 to present, Arizona), House of Light (2000, Niigata), and three works introduced in 2004 at Chichu Art Museum: Afrum, Pale Blue together with Open Sky and Open Field.
