About the artwork

Permanent Works Artists：Asai Yusuke／Leandro Erlich／Ilya&Emilia Kabakov／Carlos Garaicoa／Kuwakubo Ryota／Kurita Koichi／Nicolas Darrot／Marnix de Nijs／Nakatani Michiko／Nawa Kohei／Carsten Nicolai／Massimo Bartolini feat. Lorenzo Bini／[mé]／Moriyama Daido／Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger
The museum has a permanent collection of 16 works, including new works from 2024, as well as a museum store.*MonET admission fee is required to use the store. Goods are also available in the online store (except for some items).

Echigo-Tsumari is blessed with the bounties of nature, but the site for this building was the town, and special conditions applied. My aim was a building with attractive spaces and architectural characteristics able to attract visitors in their own right. Further, I believe that the structure must enfold nature, which I chose to represent with a pool. For the surrounding space, I chose a pure geometic shape, the square, more beautiful than any other form. It would function to bring new order to a jumbled and messy townspace. Exposed concrete and lavish use of glass would give a quiet appearance to the building, separating the peaceful interior from the noisy outside. Inside, rooms are nested inside each other, a traditional form in Japanese architecture, found in sacred places such as temples and shrines. The building has been renovated and re-opened as a new museum, the Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art, KINARE in July 2012.