From The Museum Shop
At the Jean-Michel Othoniel exhibition currently on at the Hara Museum, inside the first room (Gallery I), near the back wall is a piece called The Secret Chest. You will notice that it sparkles as light from the window pours in. This is because its sides consist of glass sheets made by the French glass manufacturer Saint-Just.
The Chest of Secret (Le Coffre à Secrets) Verrerie de Saint-Just, Murano glass, wood, aluminum, mirror 84.5 x 71 x 50 cm 2007
ⒸJean-Michel Othoniel/Adagp, Paris 2012. Collection MHD Moët Hennessy Diageo
Photo by Hirotaka Yonekura.
This is because its sides consist of glass sheets made by the French glass manufacturer Saint-Just.
With the cooperation of Saint-Just, vistors to the Museum Shop now have the rare opportunity to view and purchase beautiful glass objects made by the famed glass blowers.
Shipped across the ocean from France in sturdily constructed wooden crates, these objects, shaped like large bottles, range in height from 60 to 90 centimeters. The bottles are normally cut and laid flat to produce panes of stained glass. This, we are told, is the same glass-blowing technique used for the windows at the Palace of Versailles. To normal eyes, however, they appear as stunningly beautiful flower vases. The bottles come in various patterns, which might be beautifully marbled, deep blue or clear glass mixed with opaque white, etc. The price is 49,500 yen each regardless of the size. Quite reasonable you might think, if you take into account the shipping from France!
For more information about Saint-Just, go to http://www.ambafrance-jp.org/spip.php?article5113
The glass bottles will be available for purchase until the end of the exhibition (March 11). (Please note that normal shipping is not available for these items due to their heavy weight. Purchases should coincide with a visit to the museum by car.)
The Museum Shop
TEL: 03-3445-2069
E-mail shop@haramuseum.or.jp
Online Shop
http://shop.haramuseum.or.jp
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Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Jean-Michel Othoniel, My Way
January 7 (Saturday) – March 11 (Sunday), 2012
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March 31 (Saturday) – July 1 (Sunday), 2012