September 16 (Saturday), 2017 – January 8 (Monday, national holiday), 2018
Contemporary Art Galleries B and C
The keyword behind the works from the Hara Museum Collection featured in this exhibition is “layer,” a reference not only to a work’s structural aspect, but also to the idea of “layers of meaning.” In his assemblage of stacked portraits, Christian Boltanski has created an altar with each young girl’s face a metaphor for a memory of life and death. Lee Ufan’s work is comprised of a repeating pattern of dark, fading lines against white negative space. In Yoshitomo Nara’s work, we sense both hope and despair in the eyes of a girl standing in a war zone, eyes that seem to trace the lyrics of an anti-war song. In Kohei Nawa’s work, a stuffed doe is covered with transparent spheres that transform its existence into a “PixCell” (i.e., “picture” + “cell”). We invite you to explore the layered meanings in these and other works.
Lee UFan, From Line, 1979
Yoshitomo Nara, Eve of Destruction, 2006
[Featured Artists]
Arman / Koji Enokura / Shinro Ohtake / Gilbert & George / Yayoi Kusama / Christian Boltanski / Jae-Eun Choi / Tokihiro Sato / Tabaimo / Yoshitomo Nara / Kosai Hori / Tomio Miki / Tadanori Yokoo / Katsuro Yoshida / Lee Ufan / Louise Nevelson / Robert Rauschenberg and others
*Announcement of Change in Exhibits from December 22
Please note that Garbage Piéce by Arman, Stopgap by Robert Rauschenberg, Ear 1972 WA32 by Tomio Miki, From Line by Kee Ufan and 0 through 9 by Jasper Johns will be on view at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo from Saturday, January 6, 2018.
Hara Museum ARC
Title: Layered Forms – Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
Dates: September 16 (Saturday), 2017 – January 8 (Monday, national holiday), 2018
Address: Galleries B and C at Hara Museum ARC
2855-1 Kanai, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma 377-0027
Tel 0279-24-6585 Fax 0279-24-0449 E-mail arc@haramuseum.or.jp
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Hours: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm (last entry at 4:00 pm)
Closed: Thursdays (except November 23), January 1 *Subject to temporary closure in the event of severe weather.
Admission: General 1,100 yen, Students 700 yen (high school and university) or 500 yen (elementary and junior high), Free for Hara Museum members, 10% discount for a group of 20 or more, Combination ticket for Hara Museum ARC and Ikaho Green Bokujo (except during Golden Week): General 1,800 yen; Students 1,500 yen (high school and university) or 1,400 yen (junior high), 800 yen (elementary), half price for those over 70, discount for groups of 20 or more
*Children must be accompanied by an adult.
*For residents of Gunma Prefecture: Free admission for elementary and junior high school children every Saturday during the school term/200-yen-discount on admission for up to five persons upon presentation of the Guchoki Passport.
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).
*Visitors can view the on-going exhibitions Kengo Kito: Multiple Star III (Gallery A) and Bounty of Art (Kankai Pavilion) as well.
*October 28 (Saturday) is Gunma Prefectural Citizen’s Day. Admission on this day will be free for college students residing in the prefecture. An original postcard set will also be presented to the first 20 visitors from the general public.
Concurrent Exhibitions:
Kengo Kito Multiple Star III at Contemporary Art Gallery A
A Bounty of Art at Kankai Pavilion (Traditional East Asian Art)
■ News from The Museum Shop
SHOP@CAFE, a series that places a spotlight on high-quality artworks and goods for sale under the catchphrase “Art in Life,” is proud to present works by Satoshi Kanai.
SHOP@CAFE Flowers–Bewitching Forms, Beautiful Shapes by Satoshi Kanai
Dates: September 16 (Saturday) – November 8 (Wednesday), 2017
Venue: Café d’Art at Hara Museum ARC