After years apart, my revisit to Naoshima was specifically because of the ‘Valley Gallery’ . Valley Gallery and ‘Hiroshi Sugimoto Gallery Time Corridors’, which are two new art spaces opened in March 2022 during the Setouchi Triennale at the Benesse Art Site Naoshima.
The soft glow of the waves quietly reflected Sugimoto's notion of 'time,' concealed in a profoundly touching place. I remember that day on Naoshima in the afternoon, silently watching 'time' flow.
Along the gently rising horizon of Naoshima, hidden in the hillside's exposed concrete, lies a gray-white edifice cloaked in greenery. The gatekeeper greets us with, 'Welcome to the "Corridor of Time,"' a place where Hiroshi Sugimoto, 'the last modernist,' collects ‘memories.