The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Shinagawa, Tokyo, will be holding an exhibition titled "My Favorites: Toshio Hara Selects from the Permanent Collection," which will be divided into two parts from January 6, 2018, and features works personally selected by the museum's founder and director, Toshio Hara. Yayoi Kusama, "Self-Annihilation," 1980, mixed media, size variable.
©Yayoi Kusama
From the Hara Museum Collection, which comprises approximately 1,000 works including paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, and installations dating back to the 1950s and which have been painstakingly collected one by one, this exhibition will be curated for the first time by director Toshio Hara. The first half of the exhibition will run from January 6 to March 11, 2018, focusing on works acquired early in the collection from the late 1970s to early 1980s. The second half will run from March 21 to June 3, focusing on works acquired as a result of special exhibitions and other events, providing a glimpse into the Hara Museum's activities over the past 40 years.
Nam June Paik, "Candle Television," 1980. Television, candle. 33x41x24 cm.
©Nam June Paik
The first half of the exhibition will feature works by American artists and abstract expressionists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, who had a major influence on postwar painting, as well as Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, who represent their successor generation, and Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, leaders of the pop art movement that swept the world.
European artists with an avant-garde and experimental spirit will also be featured, including painters such as Jean Dubuffet and Karel Appel, and sculptors such as Arman, César, and Jean Tinguely. The exhibition will bring together works by Japanese artists who have led the way in postwar Japanese art, including Imai Toshimitsu, Kawara On, Kudo Tetsumi, and Miyawaki Aiko, as well as works by still-active artists such as Kusama Yayoi, Shinohara Ushio, Sugimoto Hiroshi, and Lee Ufan, as well as Asian artists who have influenced the world, such as Nam June Paik and Ai Weiwei.
©mika ninagawa Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery
The second half of the exhibition will feature works by Masako Ando, Nobuyoshi Araki, Jan Fabre, Izumi Kato, William Kentridge, Yasumasa Morimura, Yoshitomo Nara, Kohei Nawa, Mika Ninagawa, Rika Noguchi, Malick Sidibé, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tabaimo, Mickalene Thomas, Adriana Varejon, and Miwa Yanagi. More details will be announced on the website (http://www.haramuseum.or.jp) at a later date.
This is a rare opportunity to see works that tell the history of the Hara Museum gathered together and fully experience the charm of contemporary art.
©Yayoi Kusama
From the Hara Museum Collection, which comprises approximately 1,000 works including paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, and installations dating back to the 1950s and which have been painstakingly collected one by one, this exhibition will be curated for the first time by director Toshio Hara. The first half of the exhibition will run from January 6 to March 11, 2018, focusing on works acquired early in the collection from the late 1970s to early 1980s. The second half will run from March 21 to June 3, focusing on works acquired as a result of special exhibitions and other events, providing a glimpse into the Hara Museum's activities over the past 40 years.
Nam June Paik, "Candle Television," 1980. Television, candle. 33x41x24 cm. ©Nam June Paik
The first half of the exhibition will feature works by American artists and abstract expressionists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, who had a major influence on postwar painting, as well as Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, who represent their successor generation, and Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, leaders of the pop art movement that swept the world.
European artists with an avant-garde and experimental spirit will also be featured, including painters such as Jean Dubuffet and Karel Appel, and sculptors such as Arman, César, and Jean Tinguely. The exhibition will bring together works by Japanese artists who have led the way in postwar Japanese art, including Imai Toshimitsu, Kawara On, Kudo Tetsumi, and Miyawaki Aiko, as well as works by still-active artists such as Kusama Yayoi, Shinohara Ushio, Sugimoto Hiroshi, and Lee Ufan, as well as Asian artists who have influenced the world, such as Nam June Paik and Ai Weiwei.
©mika ninagawa Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery
The second half of the exhibition will feature works by Masako Ando, Nobuyoshi Araki, Jan Fabre, Izumi Kato, William Kentridge, Yasumasa Morimura, Yoshitomo Nara, Kohei Nawa, Mika Ninagawa, Rika Noguchi, Malick Sidibé, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tabaimo, Mickalene Thomas, Adriana Varejon, and Miwa Yanagi. More details will be announced on the website (http://www.haramuseum.or.jp) at a later date.
This is a rare opportunity to see works that tell the history of the Hara Museum gathered together and fully experience the charm of contemporary art.
[Event Information]
Captivated by Contemporary Art: Toshio Hara's Exhibition of Works from the Hara Museum Collection
Dates: January 6 - June 3, 2018 (First period: January 6 - March 11 / Second period: March 21 - June 3)
Venue: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Address: 4-7-25 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Hours: 11:00 - 17:00 (until 20:00 on Wednesdays except on national holidays)
Closed: Mondays (open on national holidays), January 9, May 1 (closed from March 12 - 20 for exhibition changeover)
Captivated by Contemporary Art: Toshio Hara's Exhibition of Works from the Hara Museum Collection
Dates: January 6 - June 3, 2018 (First period: January 6 - March 11 / Second period: March 21 - June 3)
Venue: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
Address: 4-7-25 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Hours: 11:00 - 17:00 (until 20:00 on Wednesdays except on national holidays)
Closed: Mondays (open on national holidays), January 9, May 1 (closed from March 12 - 20 for exhibition changeover)
