Press Release 2019/09/06

Izumi Kato with Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection
Kankai Pavilion at Hara Museum ARC
Part I: July 13 (Saturday) – September 11 (Wednesday)
Part II: October 25 (Friday), 2019 – January 13 (Monday, national holiday), 2020

[1] Installation view at Kankai Pavilion Photo: Yusuke Sato ©2019 Izumi Kato

■Exhibition Outline
Works by Izumi Kato are being featured in the Kankai Pavilion as part of the on-going exhibition Izumi Kato -LIKE A
ROLLING SNOWBALL at Hara Museum ARC.
Within the Kankai Pavilion's tranquil space, twenty-seven of Kato's works, ranging from new work using fabric to lithographs
and sculptures made of stone and wood, appear for the first time within a Japanese-style setting with masterpieces of
traditional art selected by Kato himself. We invite you to experience the charm of Kato's works revealed under intimate
illumination that emulate the ambience of Japanese wax candles, in contrast to the bright open spaces of the contemporary
galleries.

■Number of Works
Thirty-four in total (27 works by Izumi Kato/ six pieces from the Hara Rokuro Collection/one piece of contemporary art fromthe Hara Museum Collection).

■Featured Works
Traditional Art: Landscape based on an old Chinese anecdote "Assembly at the Orchid Pavilion", Kano School, hangingscroll, Momoyama-Edo period / Scene of mournful assembly at the death of Buddha, hanging scroll, Momoyama period /Book of model hankwriting called "Reiso-dai", twelve leaves from twenty-one pages in all, Nara - Muromachi period / Pair ofSatsuma ware sake bottles with portable maki-e case (buriburi), Maki-e on lacquer, Edo period / Scene of monkey and fullmoon, hanging scroll, Muromachi period / Case of a sword decorated with flower scroll design, Black lacquuer with maki-e,
Edo period
Contemporary Art: Anish Kapoor, Void, 1992

■Kankai Pavilion[2] Installation view at Kankai Pavilion
Photo: Yusuke Sato ©2019 Izumi Kato

The Kankai Pavilion was built in 2008 as part of anexpansion of Hara Museum ARC that took place to markthe 20th anniversary of its founding in 1988. The Pavilion's
aim was to augment the ARC's original purpose as amuseum of contemporary art by providing a unique
showcase for the Hara Rokuro Collection* of traditional
East Asian art. It was designed by Arata Isozaki, who also
designed the ARC's other buildings. By incorporating
features of the Japanese shoin (drawing room), it offers theviewer a new spatial experience that lies at the intersection
between the traditional and the modern* This collection was amassed before WWII by the Meiji-era industrialist Rokuro Hara
who sought to protect Japan's cultural properties and prevent their outflow to foreign
lands. It focuses mainly on early-modern Japanese painting, but also includes calligraphyand handicrafts, as well as Chinese art. This invaluable collection includes a number ofNational Treasures and Important Cultural Properties.
Hara Museum ARC
Title: Izumi Kato with Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection
Organized by: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Special cooperation provided by: Perrotin
Dates: Part I: July 13 (Saturday) – September 11 (Wednesday), 2019
Part II: October 25 (Friday), 2019 – January 13 (Monday/national holiday), 2020
[3] Installation view at Kankai Pavilion*Arata Isozaki at the Kankai Pavilion will be shown from September 13 (Friday) –Photo: Yusuke Sato ©2019 Izumi KatoOctober 23 (Wednesday), 2019
Venue: Kankai Pavilion at Hara Museum ARC
2855-1 Kanai, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma 377-0027 Tel: 0279-24-6585 E-mail: arc@haramuseum.or.jp
Closed: Thursdays (except during the month of August and January 2, 2020) and January 1, 2020
*Subject to temporary closure in the event of severe weather.
Hours: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm (last entry at 4:00 pm)
Admission: General 1,100 yen; Students 700 yen (high school and university) or 500 yen (elementary and junior high); Freefor Hara Museum members; Half price for those over 70
Combination ticket for Hara Museum ARC and Ikaho Green Bokujo: General 1,800 yen; Students 1,500 yen (high school anduniversity), 1,400 yen (junior high), 800 yen (elementary); Half price for those over 70*10% discount for groups of 20 or more.
*For residents of Gunma Prefecture: Free admission for elementary and junior high school children every Saturday during theschool term/200-yen-discount on admission for up to five persons upon presentation of the Guchoki Passport.
*Visitors to the Kankai Pavilion can view the on-going exhibition IZUMI KATO – LIKE A ROLLING SNOWBALL as well.
Directions: By train: Take the Joetsu/Hokuriku Shinkansen to Takasaki, change to the Joetsu/Agatsuma 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 ″GreenBokujo Mae″). By car: 8 kilometers (about 15 minutes) from the Kan-etsu Expressway Shibukawa Ikaho Interchange (in thedirection of Ikaho Onsen). Free parking is available (50 spaces).

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