Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Part 2
Just a quick gallery of the art and Architecture on the Island of Naoshima. Â Amazing place with a mix of the vernacular and not so vernacular forms of art and architecture.
• Tuesday, August 17th, 2010Archive for the 'Blog' Category
Hiroshi Sugimoto – Installations, Images and a Shrine.
Sugimoto is best known as a photographer.  However, his installations and the Go’o Shrine at Naoshima show him as much more then a photographer. His works on Naoshima display a keen sense of light, space, mystery and architecture that leads the viewer to new and inspiring interpretations of his works and the architectural spaces in [...]
• Tuesday, August 17th, 2010I now, reluctantly, must profess my love for Vietnam.
Why you ask must I do this now? Â Well because we missed our bus this morning and we are stuck in Hekou. Â Where in the hell is Hekou you ask? Â China of course. Â The part of China where no one speaks english (why should they) and it is hot as hell and there is a [...]
• Wednesday, August 4th, 2010Hiroshima and Miyajima
Hiroshima and Miyajima We met some wonderful and generous people in Hiroshima, learned to enjoy Japanese whisky  and of course ate amazing food along the way.  The Peace Memorial and A-bomb park where both humbling and inspiring.
• Thursday, July 29th, 2010Jeanne Lambin….. Future Art Star!
Jeanne, inside a sculptural installation “Conceptual Moss” 2009 by Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Park building of the Benesse art complex. Jeanne has created some amazing self-portraits.  She was inspired by the works of Hiroshi Sugimoto installed in the Tadao Ando designed Park building, part of the Benesse Art museum complex on the island of Naoshima, Japan. [...]
• Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Sapa
Since we are returning to Sapa this week I thought I would post a gallery if images I took last summer.
• Saturday, July 17th, 2010Jeanne rides the wild panda!
1950s amusement park in Tokyo, very fun and nostalgic combination of American and Japanese traditions.
• Monday, July 12th, 2010Just arrived in Tokyo!
Made it to Tokyo yesterday afternoon at 3pm and ran straight to the Tokyo Dome to watch the Nippon Ham Fighters go up against some other team that I forgot the name of already. We cheered for the Ham Fighters, how could we not? Also, I should describe our breakfast, I neglected to bring the [...]
• Friday, July 9th, 2010Hoi An, a clothing and architectural wonder. • Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Hanoi and Ha Long Bay, a three hour tour….not really.
A quick glimpse of Hanoi and Ha Long Bay. We toured over night on a boat through the rock outcroppings, went kayaking, caving and jumped off the upper deck of the boat a few times. We also narrowly dodged a major hurricane or in this part of the world a cyclone.
• Tuesday, July 6th, 2010