Chichu Art Museum Tadao Ando Builds For Walter De Maria, James Turrell, and Claude Monet

On the island of Naoshima off the picturesque coast of western Japan, Japanese architect Tadao Ando has built a spectacular structure comprised of basic geometric forms. Situated on cliffs overlooking the straits of Seto-Naikai, the building provides a congenial setting for the presentation of numerous undisputed masterpieces of artistic reduction, including several of Claude Monet's incomparable "Water Lilies, monumental sculptures by Walter de Maria, and meditative light installations by James Turrell. Here, on the island of Naoshima off the picturesque coast of western Japan, the heirs of the publisher Fukutake have realizing posthumously his lifelong dream of an expansive museum environment, a private estate filled with sculptures, installations, Land Art, and artists' houses.Tadao, Ando is the author of 'Chichu Art Museum Tadao Ando Builds For Walter De Maria, James Turrell, and Claude Monet', published 2005 under ISBN 9783775714600 and ISBN 377571460X.