The Art of Retreat is not just an exhibition, but an invitation to slow down and spend time with art in a space designed for living. Set within a private home in Karuizawa, this space brings together works by Katsuyoshi Inokuma, Masayuki Tsubota, MADARA MANJI, and Miyako Terakura—artists whose materials and philosophies quietly reflect on what it means to be human.
Rather than following a single narrative, each work holds space for the viewer’s own pace and perception. Some pieces speak through texture and form, others through silence and presence. There is no right way to experience them.
By stepping into this home filled with thoughtfully chosen pieces, visitors are encouraged to notice how art can shape the way we feel, think, or simply be. It is a retreat not only into beauty, but into a different way of seeing where the boundaries between art, life, and self begin to soften. It explores how art can coexist with the textures of daily life.
Rather than offer answers, this setting invites us to wonder: “What is art?” “Where does beauty reside?”
Through this experience in shared presence, The Art of Retreat: Forms of Living and Beauty unfolds as an intimate meditation on art, space, and the poetics of the everyday.
