Anjwa Island Project / Floating Museum
2018 –
A museum that harmoniously integrates art and architecture featuring seven floating cubes on the reservoir of Anjwa Island, Sinan County, South Korea.
Art Projects
Tsunagi Project
2019 – 2022
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Tsunagi Art Museum in Kumamoto Prefecture, Yanagi took on a three-year project to transform the abandoned Akasaki Elementary School swimming pool into an art-integrated accommodation facility, “Nyukon House”. The project also includes the permanent installation titled “Ishidama Garden”, where mystical words resonate from the cracks of rocks scattered throughout a ginkgo forest.
Art Gallery “Hakutai” / Art Room “Kohoo”
2018 – 2021
A reimagining of the lobby and a guest suite at Sumiya Kiho-an, an historic inn nestled in Kyoto’s secluded Yunohana Onsen, featuring artwork by Yanagi and traditional crafts by local artisans.
Station Project
2019
A public art project collaboratively created by leading contemporary artists from Korea, China, and Japan, symbolizing harmony and friendship in 21st-century Asia.
ART BASE MOMOSHIMA
2010 –
The former Junior High School, located on the remote island of Momoshima in Onomichi, has been renovated and transformed into an art center, serving as a hub for creative collaborations and artistic activities.
Inujima “Art House Project”
2010
Inujima “Art House Project”, which opened to the public in July 2010 to coincide with the opening of the Setouchi International Art Festival 2010, is a project to revitalize the local villages in Inujima Island. Inviting curator Yuko Hasegawa and architect Kazuyo Sejima to work with us, three galleries and a gazebo were built in a village on the northern part of the island for the initial term of the project. All three galleries exhibited the work of Yukinori Yanagi during this first term.
Inujima Art Project “Seirensho” / Inujima Art Museum
1995-2008 / Permanent Installation
Yanagi’s encounter with the remains of a Meiji-era copper refinery in Inujima, Okayama, inspired a 13-year-long project that integrated art and architecture.
Field Work on Alcatraz
1995-1996
Site-specific installations at Alcatraz, the former federal prison in San Francisco Bay. Yanagi visited the site and conducted research on the story of a Japanese American who was imprisoned on the island.