From Hara Museum ARC (Gunma)
[Ongoing exhibitions]
Two exhibitions, “Cosmos: Selections from the Hara Museum Collection” and “Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection” are currently on view from Saturday, March 26. Please note that the museum is open only on weekends and holidays for the time being due to the effects of the Northeastern Japan Earthquake, with partial change in exhibition contents. Celadon vase (National Treasure) and “Woods II” by Shigeo Toya will not be displayed. For further details, please click here.
Here is another report from Hara Museum ARC in Gunma. From March 19, we will be holding two exhibitions, one featuring works of contemporary art at contemporary art galleries of the museum, another featuring traditional art works (displayed together with contemporary artworks) at Kankai Pavilion.
For traditional art exhibition, we will be once again showcasing a National Treasure celadon vase from Southern Song dynasty. *Not on display
Celadon vase with long neck on globular body (National Treasure), Southern Song dynasty *Not on display
This is one of the representative works from Hara Rokuro Collection, and is one of the three Chinese celadon vases designated National Treasures by the Japanese government. The vase’s beautiful pale blue glaze, delicate texture and smooth roundness together create a balanced harmony that has earned its reputation as the epitome in blue celadon vases from China. The work will be on display throughout the entire exhibition period.
Also on view during the first part of the exhibition (from Saturday, March 26 to Wednesday, April 27) will be “Portrait of Lie Zi” by Sesson, which was introduced on Premium 8, an NHK BS-hi high-definition broadcast (http://www.nhk.or.jp/bs/premium8) last month, waka poem “Kokin Waka-shu” by Hon’ami Koetsu, and other works.
Sesson, Portrait of Lie Zi, hanging scroll, Muromachi period
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.
Traditional Art
Part I and II: Celadon vase with long neck on globular body (National Treasure), Southern Song dynasty, and others
Part I: Sesson, Portrait of Lie Zi, hanging scroll, Muromachi period/ Hon’ami Koetsu, Waka poem “Kokin Waka-shu,” first part of “Spring” chapter with painted ground and butterfly design, Edo period/ Shen Nanping, A pair of cranes and an old pine tree, hanging scroll, Qing dynasty/ Shen Nanping, A pair of cranes, hanging scroll, Qing dynasty, and others
Part II: Book of model handwriting, called “Reiso-dai,” Nara-Muromachi period/ Kano school, Birds and flowers (originally part of works painted on wallpaper and sliding doors at Nikko-in Mi’idera temple), four hanging scrolls, Momoyama-Edo period/ Kano Tan’yu, Taigongwang fishing at the shore, hanging scroll (part of a set of twelve hanging scrolls by painters of the Kano school), Edo period/ Kano Tan’yu, Li Bai viewing a waterfall, hanging scroll (part of a set of twelve hanging scrolls by painters of the Kano school), Edo period, and others
Contemporary Art
Anish Kapoor, Void, 1992/ Mark Rothko, Red on Red, 1969, and others
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Kankai Pavilion
Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection
Part I: March 26 (Sat.) – April 27 (Wed.)
Part II: April 29 (Fri./ National Holiday) – June 1 (Wed.)
Contemporary Art Galleries A, B and C
Cosmos: Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
Dates: March 26 (Sat.) – June 26 (Sun.)
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