Press Release 2012/9/13

The Brilliance of the Moment - Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
September 15 (Saturday), 2012 - January 6 (Sunday), 2013
Galleries A, B and C (Contemporary Art)
Hara Museum ARC (Shibukawa-shi, Gunma) is proud to present selected masterworks from the Hara Museum Collectionthat exemplify the joy of living in the moment. These include two new paintings (2012) by Lee Ufan and a large installation
by Yayoi Kusama, who has attracted much attention for her grand-scale solo exhibition now touring the world and her
recent collaboration with Louis Vuitton. Yoshitomo Nara is another featured artist who has been in the spotlight recently forhis solo exhibition, also now on world tour, and for T-shirt designs for a recent telethon in Japan. These are only some of thecontemporary artists both from Japan and abroad whose works will be on display.
Featured artists: Toshikatsu Endo /Yayoi Kusama / Yoshitomo Nara / Tabaimo /Lee Ufan / Ai Weiei / William Kentridge and others

From the left: Yayoi Kusama, Mirror Room (Pumpkin), 1991 /Yoshitomo Nara, Eve of Destruction, 2006

Concurrent Event: Residence ProgramTetsuro Kano, Clear Signs, Vivid Tones
August 12 (Sunday) – October 24 (Wednesday), 2012
Gallery C and other areas within the museum
Tetsuro Kano makes colorful manufactured items like pet or garden accessories, placed to be encountered by creatures or
natural things like birds, animals and plant life whose response to them do not necessarily coincide with that of humans (inother words, things that live according to a different value system). Through their responses, he explores the meaning andpossibilities of the space in which they are placed. Earlier this summer, Kano took up residence in Shibukawa to carry out
an artist residence project at Hara Museum ARC. His thought-provoking and elegantly expressed works are presently on
display indoors and outside at Hara Museum ARC. The closing date of the exhibition has been extended.
*Cooperation provided by: NAKADAI, inc., YUKA TSURUNO

Lives Lived in Pictures
Part I: September 15 (Saturday) - October 24 (Wednesday), 2012
Part II: October 26 (Friday) - November 28 (Wednesday), 2012
Kankai Pavilion (Traditional East Asian Art)
For this exhibition in the Kaikan Pavilion, we focus on works that show a variety of lives and a variety of environments underwhich people once lived. Starting with Female passing through a reed portiere (Important Cultural Property / Part II), which
pre-dated the beautiful woman paintings of Ukiyoe, and Maruyama Okyo′s Landscape of Yodo river, which provides adetailed view of riverbank life during the Edo period. From beautiful women, sages, warriors to sumo wrestlers, the pictures inthis exhibition vividly present beauty, strength and the joy of life in a variety of manifestations.
Featured works:
Part I: Female passing through a reed portiere (Important Cultural Property) two-folded screen, Edo period / Field with the moon,
the subject called ″Musashino″ in Japanese eight-fold screen, Edo period / The King of Wu and Xi Shi at the palace (part of a setof twelve hanging scrolls by painters of the Kano school) Kano Saemon, hanging scroll, Edo period and others.
Part II: Sumo match pair of six-fold screens, Edo period / Ling Zhaonu with flower basket attributed to Jasoku, hangingscroll, Muromachi period / Layman Pang and his daughter Ling Zhaonu (part of a set of twelve hanging scrolls by painters ofthe Kano school) Kano Naganobu, hanging scroll, Edo period and others.
Part I and II: Landscape of Yodo river Maruyama Okyo, hand scroll, Edo period / Anish Kapoor, Void 1992 / David Smith ,Tri-Construction 1941 and others.

From the left: Landscape of Yodo river (detail), Maruyama Okyo, Edo period /Female passing through a reed portiere (Important Cultural Property), Edo period[Upcoming Exhibition]

Celebrating the Season with Symbols
November 30 (Friday), 2012 - January 6 (Sunday), 2013
Kankai Pavilion (Traditional East Asian Art)To mark the coming New Year, the Kankai Pavilion will be dedicated to works from the Hara Rokuro Collection featuring
such auspicious New Year's symbols as the crane, tortoise, pine tree and rising sun. In Japan, alcoves are customarily
decorated during the New Year season with auspicious paintings and crafts that serve as prayers for health, wealth and longlife. We hope visitors will plan a New Year's visit to the Kankai Pavilion and enjoy the fortune that such auspicious symbols
may bring.
Featured works: Birds and Flowers (originally part of works painted on wall paper and sliding doors at Nikko-in Mi’ideratemple) four hanging scrolls, Momoyama-Edo period, 16th-17th century / A hundred cranes Mori Tetsuzan, pair of six-foldscreens, Edo period / Seaside landscape with sunrise Yokoyama Taikan, hanging scroll, Meiji period /Ruyi (Buddhist ritualimplement) engraved with figures, jade, Qing dynasty and others.

A hundred cranes (detail), Mori Tetsuzan, Edo period

Place: Hara Museum ARC (2855-1, Kanai, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma 377-0027) Tel: 0279-24-6585
Organized by: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
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Hours: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm *last entry 30 minutes before closing
Closed: Thursdays during the exhibition period and January 1(open on November 3 and December 29)*Closed temporarily in the event of severe weather.
Admission: General (over 12) 1,000 yen; children (over 3) 500 yen; 10% discount for a group of 20 or more.
**Children must be accompanied by an adult***Combination ticket for Hara Museum ARC and Ikaho Green Bokujo ranch: General 1,800 yen; Children 900 yen
Getting There: By train: Take the Joetsu Shinkansen to Takasaki, change to the Joestu Line, and disembark at Shibukawa. From Shibukawa,
ARC is 10 minutes away by taxi or 15 minutes by bus (take the Ikaho Onsen bus to “Green Bokujo Mae”). By car: 8 kilometers (about 15minutes) from the Kan-etsu Expressway Shibukawa Ikaho Interchange (in the direction of Ikaho Onsen).

For publicity material, please contact: Hara Museum ARC, 2855-1, Kanai, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma 377-0027
Tel: 0279-24-6585 Fax: 0279-24-0449 E-mail: press@haramuseum.or.jp*Please note that exhibition schedule and contents are subject to change without notice. Please contact the museum for confir mation.