Roy Lichtenstein, Still Life with Scalloped Bowl , 1972
ⓒEstate of Roy Lichitenstein, N.Y. & JASPAR, Tokyo, 2013 E0568
Pop Art first sprouted in England in the mid-1950s and came to full bloom in the United States during the ’60s. True to its name, it was a universally accepted popular art movement that took the world by storm. Using simple forms, strong lines and pure colors and motifs such as everyday items and waste, advertising, comics, and celebrity photos, it symbolized a society of mass production and mass consumption while inviting us to consider universal themes such as the sacred and the profane, beauty and ugliness, illusion and reality, and life and death.
In this exhibition, masterpieces by acclaimed masters of Pop Art appear together with works by contemporary artists, the inheritors of the Pop Art tradition. We invite you to come enjoy the Pop harmony the arises from these varied works which go beyond temporal and national boundaries.
The Hallway, the large-scale installation by Miranda July that was shown in the spring exhibition will remain on display by popular demand.
[Featured Artists] Yayoi Kusama / Uchio Shinohara / Tadanori Yokoo / Ai Weiwei / Andy Warhol / Tom Wesselmann / Claes Oldenburg / Surasi Kusolwong / Jim Lambie / Roy Lichtenstein and others
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Pop! Pop!! Pop!!! Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
July 6 (Saturday) – September 1 (Sunday), 2013
Galleries A, B and C (Contemporary Art)
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)
Workshop I: Let’s Make Art Fans!
Date: August 3 (Saturday), 4th (Sunday) 10 (Satruday), 11 (Sunday)
Venue: Corridor
Workshop II: Nakadai Ikaho Factory: Mono Factory x Hara Museum ARC
Date: August 14 (Wednesday) -18 (Sunday)
Venue: Corridor
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Hara Museum ARC
2855-1, Kanai, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma 377-0027
Tel: 0279-24-6585
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. 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).