This Temporal Art Called Hara Museum ARC
Hara Museum ARC
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Lee Ufan, Tadasu Yamamoto, Sophie Calle, Shigeo Toya, Aiko Miyawaki, Yayoi Kusama, Tabaimo, Yoshitomo Nara et al.
Is Hara Museum ARC not a work of temporal art?
In spring, flower petals dance and birds chirp. In early summer, plants sprout, rainbows arc across the eastern sky after a sudden shower and rays of sunlight burst through cloud breaks in the west. The museum designed by Arata Isozaki spreads its wings against a backdrop of ever-changing nature. In the galleries, one encounters richly individualistic artworks under natural light from skylights above. In the corridor, one catches sight of sheep grazing silently in the distance. Standing among the blooming white clover in the garden, outdoor artworks like Aiko Miyawaki’s UTSUROHI and Minami Tada’s Chiaroscuro No. 2 blend harmoniously with the environment. Is this museum called Hara Museum ARC, with each of its elements connecting at its own gentle pace with the time you spend here, not like a work of poetry or music? In other words, a work of temporal art?
In the spring of 2025, Hara Museum ARC will hold an exhibition entitled This Temporal Art Called Hara Museum ARC. In Part I, for a limited time only, a sound installation by Janet Cardiff, The 40 Part Motet, will be on display in Gallery A. This resurrection of a 40-part composition by Thomas Tallis (a 16th-century English composer and organist for the Royal Chapel) is an early representative work by Cardiff that has been shown throughout the world since its inception in 2001.
From 40 speakers arranged in an oval, 40 recorded voices can be heard, first individually, but then gradually merged, transforming the venue into an immersive space with all voices coming together in the moment. In terms of lyrics, there are only a few lines, but the experience of space sculpted by sound is an overwhelming reminder of the ineffable nature of art.
Gallery A at Hara Museum ARC, designed by Arata Isozaki, is illuminated by natural light from a 12-meter-high skylight supported by four cedar pillars, its intensity modulated by the passing clouds. Although the gallery has all the characteristics of a white cube for contemporary art, it is a space with the breath of nature, designed as an expression of “ma,” the spatial and temporal concept believed by Isozaki to be the essence of Japanese aesthetics. It serves as a unique venue for Cardiff’s sound installation The Forty Part Motet.
*Temporal arts refer to arts that are expressed or enjoyed over time, the main examples of which are music and literature.
Meanwhile, Galleries B and C will feature Exquisite Pain by Sophie Calle from the museum’s collection. It is an account through images and text of Calle’s countdown to “the worst day of her life” and the recovery she achieved through the exchange of her story of pain with those of others.
In Part II from May 16, Gallery A will feature works from the Hara Collection with a thematic connection to the passage of time, including Lee Ufan’s With Winds which appeared in his solo exhibition at the museum and works from Tadasu Yamamoto’s Falling Water series.
We hope you will enjoy the temporal art that is Hara Museum ARC where sights that can only be enjoyed here await you.
In spring, flower petals dance and birds chirp. In early summer, plants sprout, rainbows arc across the eastern sky after a sudden shower and rays of sunlight burst through cloud breaks in the west. The museum designed by Arata Isozaki spreads its wings against a backdrop of ever-changing nature. In the galleries, one encounters richly individualistic artworks under natural light from skylights above. In the corridor, one catches sight of sheep grazing silently in the distance. Standing among the blooming white clover in the garden, outdoor artworks like Aiko Miyawaki’s UTSUROHI and Minami Tada’s Chiaroscuro No. 2 blend harmoniously with the environment. Is this museum called Hara Museum ARC, with each of its elements connecting at its own gentle pace with the time you spend here, not like a work of poetry or music? In other words, a work of temporal art?
In the spring of 2025, Hara Museum ARC will hold an exhibition entitled This Temporal Art Called Hara Museum ARC. In Part I, for a limited time only, a sound installation by Janet Cardiff, The 40 Part Motet, will be on display in Gallery A. This resurrection of a 40-part composition by Thomas Tallis (a 16th-century English composer and organist for the Royal Chapel) is an early representative work by Cardiff that has been shown throughout the world since its inception in 2001.
From 40 speakers arranged in an oval, 40 recorded voices can be heard, first individually, but then gradually merged, transforming the venue into an immersive space with all voices coming together in the moment. In terms of lyrics, there are only a few lines, but the experience of space sculpted by sound is an overwhelming reminder of the ineffable nature of art.
Gallery A at Hara Museum ARC, designed by Arata Isozaki, is illuminated by natural light from a 12-meter-high skylight supported by four cedar pillars, its intensity modulated by the passing clouds. Although the gallery has all the characteristics of a white cube for contemporary art, it is a space with the breath of nature, designed as an expression of “ma,” the spatial and temporal concept believed by Isozaki to be the essence of Japanese aesthetics. It serves as a unique venue for Cardiff’s sound installation The Forty Part Motet.
*Temporal arts refer to arts that are expressed or enjoyed over time, the main examples of which are music and literature.
Meanwhile, Galleries B and C will feature Exquisite Pain by Sophie Calle from the museum’s collection. It is an account through images and text of Calle’s countdown to “the worst day of her life” and the recovery she achieved through the exchange of her story of pain with those of others.
In Part II from May 16, Gallery A will feature works from the Hara Collection with a thematic connection to the passage of time, including Lee Ufan’s With Winds which appeared in his solo exhibition at the museum and works from Tadasu Yamamoto’s Falling Water series.
We hope you will enjoy the temporal art that is Hara Museum ARC where sights that can only be enjoyed here await you.
Schedule Now in session | Mar 15 (Sat) 2025-Jul 6 (Sun) 2025 108 days left Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1800, Seniors 70 & Over ¥1500, University and High School Students ¥1000, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥800 | ||||
| MuPon | ¥100 off / Up to 3 people / No use with sets or other discounts.  Download the TAB app to get a discount on entry to this event. ※Paid subscriber only | ||||
| Website | https://www.haramuseum.or.jp/en/arc/exhibition/1282/ | ||||
| Venue | Hara Museum ARC https://www.haramuseum.or.jp/en/arc/ | ||||
| Location | 2855-1 Kanai, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma 377-0027 | ||||
| Access | 10 minutes by taxi from Shibukawa Station on the JR Joetsu line; From JR Shibukawa Station, take the Kan-etsu Kotsu bus towards Ikaho Onsen and get off at Green Bokujo-mae. The venue is 7 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 0279-24-6585 | ||||
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