From Hara Museum ARC, Gunma
Izumi Kato is an artist who is making a splash in the world of art. Included in the 2007 Venice Biennale, Kato launched his career as a painter, but has recently started to focus on sculptures. In his work Untitled on view in the exhibition Body and Soul- Selections from the Hara Museum Collection at Hara Museum ARC, the artist uses deformation and codification to express the human form in an almost grotesque way, and yet it still conveys warmth and humor and seems to touch upon the root of life and existence.
Izumi Kato Untitled 2008 Photo by Keizo Kioku
This work was originally created for Art Scope 2007 / 2008 – Faces of Existence in 2008 at the Hara Museum in Tokyo and was later purchased for inclusion in the Hara Collection. Currently on view at the Hara Museum is the exhibition Art Scope 2009 – 2011: Invisible Memories, which runs until December 11.
https://www.art-it.asia/en/u/HaraMuseum_e/QYVGU7mbW29sxkH5vaZc/
Visitors to the Museum Shop will be happy to find original goods designed by Izumi Kato in collaboration with the Hara Museum. Please stop by on your next visit and take a look!
https://www.haramuseum.or.jp/shop_en/index-e.php
For more information on Body and Soul- Selections from the Hara Museum Collection, please go to our website at http://www.haramuseum.or.jp.
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Body and Soul-Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
September 17 (Sat.) – January 4 (Wed.), 2012
Place: Hara Museum ARC Galleries A,B and C
Hours: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm *last entry 30 minutes before closing
Closed: Thursdays during the exhibition period and January 1(open on December 29)
*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
Getting There: 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).
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ACCESS
By Train
By JR Joetsu・Nagano Shinkansen
Recommended timetable
・10:12 Depart Tokyo Station→11:01 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 11:11Depart Takasaki Satation→11:35 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
・11:12 Depart Tokyo Station→12:03 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 12:20 Depart Takasaki Satation→12:44 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
・12:24 Depart Tokyo Station→13:14 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 13:31 Depart Takasaki Satation→13:56 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
By JR Joetsu Limited Express Kusatsu
・ 9:00 Depart Ueno Station→10:37 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No.31 ; operates only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
・10:00 Depart Ueno Station→11:43 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No.3 ; operates only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
・12:00 Depart Ueno Station→13:45 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No. 5)
From Shibukawa Station, take the Kan-etsu Kotsu Bus and get off at the station “Green Bokujo Mae.” http://www.kan-etsu.net/r-bus/timetable/shibu-ikaho-1.htm (in Japanese only). ARC is about 7 minute walk from the bus station.
By Car
Take the Kan-etsu Expressway to Shibukawa Ikaho Interchange. Go in the direction of Ikaho Onsen for 8 km (about 15 min.) .
Highway information:
E-NEXCO Drive Plaza http://www.driveplaza.com/ (in Japanese only)
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