WHAT MUSEUM was opened in December 2020 aiming to make artists’ and collectors’ precious art properties that have been entrusted to us accessible to the public. It exhibits works by artists active in the contemporary art scene side-by-side with the thoughts of the collectors as well as the artists, offering a new kind of space for the appreciation of art. At this Obayashi Collection Exhibition, we will be highlighting a collection of masterpieces accumulated over many years by Mr. Takeo Obayashi, Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the international art festival, “Aichi Triennale 2022” (Aichi Prefecture), and exhibiting the collection along three different themes. By displaying “Tadao Ando : The Act of Drawing,” a showcase focusing on the two-dimensional pieces of architect Tadao Ando that is also the starting point of this collection, “Between the City and Me,” an assortment of photographs of cities as taken by artists from a variety of different perspectives, and “Self-History,” a piece that allows visitors to witness over 40 irreplaceable works of contemporary art all at once, not only will we aim to demonstrate the changing nature of this collection, we will also attempt a more multi-faceted approach to this assemblage of artistic works.

In “Tadao Ando: The Act of Drawing” of the Obayashi Collection Exhibit, we will showcase 15 pieces of two-dimensional artworks, centering around drawings approximately 10 m in length, and including sketches of Ando’s early architectural works, and silk screens of incomplete projects. Tadao Ando’s project begins by taking his vision of the future and depicting it through diagrams. Through delicate strokes of thin pens and colored pencils made on Japanese paper, viewers can gain witness to Ando’s unwavering embrace of cities and buildings, and his dynamically rendered drawings will allow them to witness how he vigorously charges toward the future. Please see the following for details on this Exhibit. We will also be providing details regarding “Between the City and Me” and “Self-History” at a later date.

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Artist Profile:here

Floor Map:here