From Hara Museum ARC, Gunma
The 2 popular summer exhibitions are on view until Sunday, September 11.
The words “compete,” “fight” and “struggle” best describe the spirit behind the exciting exhibition Excitation of the Spirit on view at the Kankai Pavilion. The exquisite East Asian artwork from the Hara Rokuro Collection are juxtaposed with works of contemporary art.
Kenneth C. Noland, Summertime, 1964
Isamu Noguchi, Lady Mirror, 1983
In The World of Color: Selections from the Hara Museum Collection, on view in Galleries A, B and C, viewers are invited to experience the fascinating role that colors play in contemporary art expression through specially selected works from the Hara Museum Collection. One of the gallery rooms is dedicated to showing monchromatic works or those that uses the natural color of their materials, while others introduce paintings in which the colors are brushed on, dripped on or bled into the canvas in ways that suggest speed, density or some other quality in a multivaried world of expression.
Both exhibitions are on view until Sunday September 11. Please don’t miss them!
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Hara Museum ARC Summer Exhibitions
◆Kankai Pavilion (traditional East Asian art)
Excitation of the Spirit
Part II: August 5 (Fri.) – September 11 (Sun.), 2011
◆Contemporary Art Galleries A, B and C
The World of Color: Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
July 2 (Sat.) – September 11 (Sun.), 2011
Hours: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm *last entry 30 minutes before closing
Closed: Thursdays during the exhibition period (open on during the month of August)
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 15 minutes) from the Kan-etsu Expressway Shibukawa Ikaho Interchange (in the direction of Ikaho Onsen).
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ACCESS
By Train
By JR Joetsu・Nagano Shinkansen
Recommended timetable
・10:12 Depart Tokyo Station→11:01 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 11:11Depart Takasaki Satation→11:35 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
・11:12 Depart Tokyo Station→12:03 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 12:20 Depart Takasaki Satation→12:44 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
・12:24 Depart Tokyo Station→13:14 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 13:31 Depart Takasaki Satation→13:56 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
By JR Joetsu Limited Express Kusatsu
・ 9:00 Depart Ueno Station→10:37 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No.31 ; operates only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
・10:00 Depart Ueno Station→11:43 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No.3 ; operates only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
・12:00 Depart Ueno Station→13:45 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No. 5)
From Shibukawa Station, take the Kan-etsu Kotsu Bus and get off at the station “Green Bokujo Mae.” http://www.kan-etsu.net/r-bus/timetable/shibu-ikaho-1.htm (in Japanese only). ARC is about 7 minute walk from the bus station.
By Car
Take the Kan-etsu Expressway to Shibukawa Ikaho Interchange. Go in the direction of Ikaho Onsen for 8 km (about 15 min.) .
Highway information:
E-NEXCO Drive Plaza http://www.driveplaza.com/ (in Japanese only)
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