Press Release 2011/09/15◆ Body and Soul ─ Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
September 17 (Sat.), 2011 to January 4 (Wed.), 2012 Galleries A, B and CThe expression “body and soul” has had a long tradition of use in America, among other countries, appearing incountless titles of songs and movies. In Japan the expression has also become a common one that is mainly
encountered in music. On display in the contemporary art galleries are works selected from the Hara Museum
Collection with “body and soul” as the keyword. The body has been compared to many things; for example, acontainer for the soul or a shell for the spirit.
Some view the body and soul as being one
and the same thing, or the body as a medium
through which the self interacts with others
and the surrounding world. We in this media
age experience the body with its expanded
capabilities made possible by various tools
and technologies. In some of some of thepaintings, photographs, sculptures and otherworks on display, the body is clearly thesubject; in others it is not. Nonetheless, it ishoped that their myriad expressions will inspire viewers to consider anew the connection between the body andthe spirit and what the body means to them.
Featured artists: Izumi Kato／Yayoi Kusama／Ushio Shinohara／Tabaimo／Miwa Yanagi／Tomoko Yoneda／William Kentridge／Laurie Simmons／Mickalene Thomas and others (tentative)
From the left: Mickalene Thomas, Mama Bush : One of a Kind Two, 2009／Izumi Kato, Untitled, 2006

◆ Beautiful Visages– Featuring the Important Cultural Property Female passing through areed portiere
September 17 (Sat.) - October 26 (Wed.), 2011 Kankai Pavilion
This exhibit marks the first public display of the Important Cultural
Property Female passing through a reed portiere since restoration workon it was completed. As a predecessor to the many paintings of beautiful
women that appeared during the Edo period, this work is a valuable
example from a transitional period that led to a new representation offeminine beauty focused on a single standing figure. With this work as its
centerpiece, this show presents a selection of paintings in which womenare depicted, such as Jasoku's “Reishojo with flower basket” and Kano
Sotoku's “Yang Guifei playing chess.” It shines a spotlight on the idea of
feminine beauty and how it is expressed and represented in the variousworks. Joining these selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection of
traditional East Asian art is one contemporary piece from the Hara
Museum Collection that takes as its subject a woman of the present age. We invite you to enjoy the different
expressions of women as they engage in a dialog that transcends time and place.
Female passing through a reed portiere (Important Cultural Property), two-folded screen, Edo period, 17th century

Featured works (selected):
Traditional Art: Female passing through a reed portiere (Important Cultural Property), Edo period, 17th century／Attributed toJasoku, Reishoj with flower basket, Muromachi period, 16th century／Kano Tan’yu, Avalokitesvara appearing from the clam, Edoperiod, 17th century／Kano school, Birds and flowers (part of paintings used for wallpaper and sliding doors at Nikko-in guest hall inMi’idera temple), Momoyama-Edo period, 16th-17th century／Kano Sotoku, Yang Guifei playing chess (part of a set of twelve
hanging scrolls by painters of the Kano school), Edo period, 17th century／Kano Shiro-jiro (Sadanobu), Wang Zhaojun (part of a setof twelve hanging scrolls by painters of the Kano school), Edo period, 17th century／Tier of boxes decorated with a squirrel andgrape vine design in maki-e, Edo - Meiji period, 19th century
Contemporary Art: Yasumasa Morimura, Self-Portrait with Hand Mirror, 1994／Kaoru Ijima, Tamao Series, 1984-86／Marta Pan,
Sculpture 93, 1965／Noe Aoki, Tateyama, 2007／Shiro Kuramata, Flower Vase #3, 1989

◆ Shapes of the Seasons
October 28 (Fri.), 2011 to January 4 (Wed.), 2012 Kankai Pavilion
Over the ages, the Japanese have cultivated a keen sensitivity towards the passage of time and the changing seasons.
This exhibition invites you to enjoy the variety of ways in which this sensitivity has been manifested in art.

Maruyama Okyo, Landscape of Yodo River, hand scroll (detail), Edo period, 1765

Place: Hara Museum ARC (2855-1, Kanai, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma-ken 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 yenGetting There: By train: Take the Joetsu Shinkansen to Takasaki, change to the Joestu Line, and disembark at Shibukawa. FromShibukawa, ARC is 10 minutes away by taxi or 15 minutes by bus (take the Ikaho Onsen bus to “Green Bokujo Mae”). By car: 8kilometers (about 15 minutes) from the Kan-etsu Expressway Shibukawa Ikaho Interchange (in the direction of Ikaho Onsen).
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