From Hara Museum ARC (Gunma)
Here is report from Hara Museum ARC in Gunma. From March 17, we will be holding exhibition, featuring traditional art works (displayed together with contemporary artworks) at Kankai Pavilion.
The masterworks of Far Eastern art that the Meiji-era businessman Hara Rokuro collected over the course of his life comprise the present-day Hara Rokuro Collection, with Japanese paintings of the pre-modern era as its core. A number of exquisite paintings and calligraphic works from the Collection are showcased in this exhibition, including: Kano Eitoku’s Tiger in a bamboo grove from a group of paintings that were originally partition or interior wall paintings at the Nikko-in Mi’idera temple,and which comprise the heart of the Hara Rokuro Collection; Sesson’s Portrait of Lie Zi, which shows a man floating in the air as he plays a flute, the flowing folds of his robe exquisitely depicted by the artist’s unique brushwork; and Reiso-dai, a rare collection of model calligraphy texts.
In this exhibition, traditional works are displayed together with works of contemporary art, allowing viewers to enjoy a weaving together of form and aesthetics that transcends time and place.
Kano Eitoku “Tiger in a bamboo groove (part of paintings used for wallpaper and sliding doors at Nikko-in guest hall in Mi’idera temple)” hanging scroll, Momoyama period (Part I)
Featured works (selected)
Traditional Art
【Part I】Kano Eitoku “Tiger in a bamboo groove (part of paintings used for wallpaper and sliding doors at Nikko-in guest hall in Mi’idera temple)” hanging scroll, Momoyama period／Kano school “Scene based on an old Chinese anecdote ‘Assembly at the Orchid Pavilion’(part of paintings used for wallpaper and sliding doors at Nikko-in guest hall in Mi’idera temple)” four hanging scrolls, Momoyama – Edo period／“Book of model handwriting, called ‘Reiso-dai’,” Nara – Muromachi period and others
【Part II】Sesson “Portrait of Lie Zi,” Muromachi period／Kano Eitoku “Tiger in a bamboo groove (part of paintings used for wallpaper and sliding doors at Nikko-in guest hall in Mi’idera temple)” four hanging scrolls, Momoyama period／Kano Tan’yu “Avalokitesvara appearing from the clam,” Edo period／Shen Nanping “A pair of cranes and an old pine tree,” Qing dynasty and others
Contemporary Art
Anish Kapoor “Void,” 1992／Hitomi Uchikura “Lumiēre,” 2007／Izumi Kato “Untitled,” 2008 and others
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Spring exhibition at Hara Museum ARC
■Kankai Pavilion
Silent Radiance–Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection
Part I: March 17 (Sat.) – April 25 (Wed.), 2012
Part II: April 27 (Fri.) – May 30 (Wed.), 2012
■Contemporary Art Galleries A, B and C
Joyous Journeys–Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
March 17 (Sat.) – June 24 (Sun.), 2012
Closed: Thursdays (except March 22, 29 and May 3)
*Closed temporarily in the event of severe weather.
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TV News!
Sesson’s Portrait of Lie Zi from the Rokuro Hara Collection will be spotlighted this coming Sunday on Nichiyou Bijutsukan, the NHK weekly show on today’s art scene. As some of you may remember, a year ago the same work was the subject of a segment of Premium 8, NHK’s high-definition variety show. Please tune in if you have a chance!
http://www.nhk.or.jp/nichibi/weekly/2012/0212/index.html
Name of Show: Kamiwaza no Fudezukai: Itan no Suiboku Yukimura
Host:Yuji Yamashita (Professor, art historian, Meiji Gakuin University)
[Broadcast schedule]
NHK (Educational Channel)
Sunday, February 19, 20:00-21:00 (rebroadcast)
Language: Japanese
Sesson “Portrait of Lie Zi,” hanging scroll, Muromachi period (Part II)
Portrait of Lie Zi will be on display in Part 2 of Kankai Pavilion’s spring exhibition (Friday, April 27 to Wednesday, May 30). Please come and enjoy Sesson’s exquisite brushwork and the quiet glow of his masterpiece with your own eyes.
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