Tadao Ando "Architecture Bridging Time"

amanaTIGP is pleased to present Tadao Ando's exhibition, "Architecture Bridging Time" from July 9 to August 13, 2022. The exhibition marks Ando's first solo presentation at amanaTIGP and will feature a total of 22 works, including four from his new portfolio ANDO BOX VII published in correspondence to this exhibition, as well as two architectural models, a series of original drawings, and 15 photographic prints from ANDO BOX VI released in 2019.
ANDO BOX VII focuses on the renovation projects of two historic buildings: Punta della Dogana, the former Customs House of Venice originally built in the 17th century and the Bourse de Commerce, a Commodities Exchange built in the 18th century that was in operation until the beginning of the 21st century.  The elaborate details indicated in the drawings and prints, as well as the models reproduced on a 1/300 scale, serve to theoretically explain the structure of Ando's architecture in the context of renovation.
The 15 photographic prints exhibited from ANDO BOX VI are photographs of the "The L that Ando had pursued over the course of his practice. Recognized as a leading figure in contemporary architecture today, Ando has worked on a variety of projects to date, all the while pursuing light that is quiet and soft yet harbors a beauty so intense that it will live forever in people's hearts, like the chapel Notre-Dame du Haut , which Ando mentions as having left an unforgettable impression on him. By engaging with Ando's architecture through the medium of photography, which at times is referred to as the "art of light," viewers are bestowed the opportunity to contemplate expressions of light as well as the meaning and significance they hold.

Photo: Tadao Ando "Bourse de Commerce", 2022, Archival pigment print, 841 x 1189 mm © 2022 Tadao Ando