"The Garden of Mirei Shigemori" Exhibition

poster for "The Garden of Mirei Shigemori" Exhibition

Closes in 31 days
At Watari-um, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art
Media: Painting, Architecture, Film, Art Talk

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Mirei Shigemori is a well-known modern Japanese garden artist who surveyed over 400 classical Japanese gardens starting in 1936. The landscape designer learnt his craft through self-study, eventually designing around 200 different sites. This exhibition will seek out the essence of the Japanese aesthetic he explored, introducing Shigemori the man, as well as his landscape designs through models and the surveys he made of traditional gardens.

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Schedule

From 2011-12-04 To 2012-03-25
Closed for winter holidays from December 31st - January 3rd

Opening Reception on 2011-12-03 from 17:00

Artist(s)

Mirei Shigemori

Website

http://www.watarium.co.jp/ (venue's website)

Fee

Adults ¥1000, Students ¥800

Venue Hours

From 11:00 To 19:00
wednesdays closing at 21:00
Closed on Mondays
Note:The Museum is open on public holiday Mondays and Mondays during December. Closed on the new year's holiday.

Access

Address: 3-7-6 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001
Phone: 03-3402-3001 Fax: 03-3405-7714

8 minutes walk from exit 3 at Gaienmae Station

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masyago108: (2012-01-27)

エレベーターを降りて、右を見ると庭が見えた。
少し進むと、作庭が目の前に広がる。
東京にいて東福寺の庭を体験できるなんて、ちょっとお得♪
なんて、そう浮かれた気分で終わるような展示ではもちろんない。

重森三玲という人物を知らないまま訪れたが
彼が作庭のみならず、日本の文化を体にぎっしりしみこませていた人間であることも
この展示全体を通して感じることができ、
また少しだけ、私も誰かと和歌を交換したい、
集金に来た人にお茶を出したい
なんて欲望が浮かび上がった不思議な展示だった。

クライマックスは石のような柄の座布団に座り
重森の作庭に包み込まれる空間だ。
ついついまったりしてしまう、あの京都で感じた穏やかな時間がそこにも流れているようだった。

少し夏に近づいたころ、京都に行こうか。
そのときは和歌が読めるようになっていたらいいな。
そんな楽しい想像をする帰り道、
「生きる力」を享受した展示であった。

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