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Exhibitions
Layered Forms – Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
Dates : September 16 (Saturday), 2017 – January 8 (Monday, national holiday), 2018
Contemporary Art Galleries B&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.
Featured Artists:
Arman / Koji Enokura / Shinro Ohtake / Gilbert and 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
- Hours
9:30 am – 4:30 pm (last entry at 4:00 pm)
- Closed
Thursdays (open on November 23), January 1st and during change in exhibition items. *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
*Visitors to the Kankai Pavilion can view the on-going exhibition in the contemporary art galleries as well.
*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.
*Visitors to the contemporary art galleries can view the on-going exhibition in the Kankai Pavilion as well.