Press Release 2013/6/21

Seeing the Sound, Hearing the Picture[Part I] July 6 (Saturday) – July 31 (Wednesday), 2013
[Part II] August 2 (Friday) – September 1 (Sunday), 2013

Kankai Pavilion (Traditional East Asian Art)As you might envision a landscape while listening tomusic, do you sometimes feel you can hear thesounds depicted in a picture? That is what theseselected works of art entice you to do: to view thewind, water, a cheering crowd, animals, and to hearthem in your mind's ear. They say art is made by theheart to be enjoyed by the heart. This exhibition
invites you to enjoy art from a slightly different
perspective.
Sumo match (left screen), pair of six-fold screens, Edo period[Featured works]
Traditional Art / Part I & II: Landscape of Yodo river (detail),Maruyama Okyo, Edo period and others
Part I: Sumo match (left screen), pair of six-fold screens, Edo
period / Tiger, Ganku, hanging scroll, Edo period / Scene based on
an anecdote by Tao Yuanming (poet of Jin dynasty) (part ofpaintings used for wallpaper and sliding doors at Nikko-in guest
hall in Mi'idera temple), Kano school, four hanging scrolls,
Momoyama period
Part II: Landscape with horses (part of paintings used forwallpaper and sliding doors at Nikko-in guest hall in Mi'ideratemple), Kano school, four hanging scrolls, Momoyama period /Nunobiki waterfall, Sumiyoshi Hiroyuki, hanging scroll, Edo
period / Princess Wangzhao-jun (set of twelve hanging scrolls by
painters of the Kano school), Kano Shiro-jiro and Sadanobu,
hanging scroll, Edo period / Dragon and Tiger, Kano Tan′yu, pairof hanging scrolls, Edo period
Contemporary Art: Anish Kapoor, Void, 1992 / Nam June Paik,
Candle TV, 1980 / Anish Kapoor, Void, 1992 and others
From left: Nunobiki waterfall, Sumiyoshi Hiroyuki, hanging scroll, Edo
period／Tiger, Ganku, Edo period------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The following events will be held during this period:
Exhibition: Pop! Pop!! Pop!!! Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
Dates: July 6 (Saturday) - September 1 (Sunday) Venue: Galleries A, B and C
Workshop I: Let's Make Art Fans!
Date: August 3 (Saturday), 4th (Sunday) 10 (Saturday), 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 during the month of August) *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
Directions: 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).
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