Press Release 2013/6/21

Pop! Pop!! Pop!!! Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
July 6 (Saturday) – September 1 (Sunday), 2013
Galleries A, B and C (Contemporary Art)

Roy Lichtenstein,
Still Life with Scalloped Bowl 1972
ⓒEstate of Roy Lichitenstein, N.Y. & JASPAR,Tokyo, 2013 E0568

Pop Art first sprouted in England in the mid-1950s and came to full bloom in theUnited States during the '60s. True to its name, it was a universally accepted
popular art movement that took the world by storm. Using simple forms, stronglines and pure colors and motifs such as everyday items and waste, advertising,comics, and celebrity photos, it symbolized a society of mass production andmass consumption while inviting us to consider universal themes such as thesacred and the profane, beauty and ugliness, illusion and reality, and life anddeath.
In this exhibition, masterpieces by acclaimed masters of Pop Art appear together
with works by contemporary artists, the inheritors of the Pop Art tradition. We
invite you to come enjoy the Pop harmony the arises from these varied works
which go beyond temporal and national boundaries.
The Hallway, the large-scale installation by Miranda July that was shown in thespring exhibition will remain on display by popular demand.

[Featured Artists] Yayoi Kusama / Uchio Shinohara / Tadanori Yokoo / Ai Weiwei / Andy Warhol / Tom Wesselmann /Claes Oldenburg / Surasi Kusolwong / Jim Lambie / Roy Lichtenstein and others

From the left: Yayoi Kusama, Mirror Room, 1991 / Tadanori Yokoo, Who Shall Forget about Homeland?, 2001 / Jim Lambie, Train in Vain, 2008---------------------------------------------------------------------------------The following events will be held during this period:
Exhibition: Seeing the Sound, Hearing the Picture
Dates: July 6 (Friday) - September 1 (Sunday) Venue: Kankai Pavilion
Workshop I: Let's Make Art Fans!
Date: August 3 (Saturday), 4th (Sunday) 10 (Satruday), 11 (Sunday) Venue: Corridor
Workshop II: Nakadai Ikaho Factory: Mono Factory x Hara Museum ARC
Date: August 14 (Wednesday) -18 (Sunday) Venue: Corridor---------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 (except March 28 and May 2) *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; a 100yen discount with the Hara Museum ticket. *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 atShibukawa. 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 15 minutes) from the Kan-etsu Expressway Shibukawa Ikaho
Interchange (in the direction of Ikaho Onsen).
For publicity materials, 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