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Tadao Ando's solo exhibition comes to Shanghai
By:Liu Xutong  |  From:eanglish.eastday.com  |  2021-03-10 10:20

From March 19 to June 6, 2021, Fosun Foundation will present one of the most dynamic and influential architects in the world, Tadao Ando, in the solo exhibition Tadao Ando: Endeavors. The fourth stop on Tadao Ando’s global exhibition tour, this will be the most comprehensive retrospective on Ando’s architecture career ever staged in China.

Re-creating his most classic designs alongside exquisite architectural models, detailed drawings, calligraphy and engravings, and exclusive footage, travel journals and photographs, the exhibition provides a sweeping view ofthe legendary life of this architectural master. To provide visitors with a more direct experience of the beauty of Ando’s designs, Tadao Ando's studio has redesigned the spatial layout and structure of the Fosun Foundation specifically for this exhibition, based on the building’s unique attributesproviding a direct, unique vision of Tadao Ando’s design.

This exhibition will present Tadao Ando’s installation artwork Prologue. Through the shift in identity from architect to artist, he has set a challenge for himself, touching on the architect’s understanding and thinking about the world inmultiple dimensions and providing a deeper window into the legendary life of this master.

For this exhibition, Fosun Foundation is linking up with the new He Art Museum in Shunde, Guangdong province, which wasdesigned by Tadao Ando, so that visitors to the exhibition will also have an opportunity to immerse themselves in Ando’s architectural space.

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