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Special Exhibition
Guess What? Hardcore Contemporary Art's Truly a World Tresure Selected Works from the YAGEO Foundation Collection

2014.12.20(Sat) — 2015.3.8(Sun)

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The contemporary art collection of the Yageo Foundation, based in Taiwan, has two main focuses: Western (European and North American) and East Asian contemporary art. The works are selected by Pierre Chen, the head of the foundation, based on the concepts of “living with art” and “art is accessible.” Today, many of the Foundation’s artworks are displayed in Chen’s own home and offices, reflecting his philosophy of art as an inseparable part of everyday life.

The exhibition, composed of ten sections, features 75 outstanding works from the Yageo Foundation Collection by 39 contemporary artists. The works represent an unparalleled cross-section of contemporary art’s “hardcore,” and are truly deserving of the title “world treasures.”

These days, prices for contemporary art frequently make headlines, and in this sense works of contemporary art are quite literally world treasures. At this show, however, viewers have an opportunity to encounter them in person, and gain a renewed sense of the incalculable value of contemporary art from a psychological, emotional, and art-historical standpoint.

The Yageo Foundation
The Foundation was established by Pierre Chen, CEO of the Yageo Corporation, a leading electronic component manufacturer based in Taiwan. Mr. Chen is so dedicated to art that he began buying works while still a student, with money he earned from programming and part-time jobs. As a result of this enthusiasm, he has built up the Yageo Foundation Collection in the space of a single generation. Today it is recognized as one of the world’s top collections of contemporary art.

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Exhibition Period

2014.12.20(Sat) — 2015.3.8(Sun)

Opening Hours

10:00–17:00

No admittance 30 minutes before closing

Closed

Mondays, Dec 27—Jan 1 *unless Monday is a national holiday, in which case the museum will be closed on the next non-holiday.

Admission

Adults 1,030 (820) yen, University Students 720 (620) yen, High School Students and Seniors [65 and over] 510 (410) yen
*Price in parentheses is that of advance ticket and a group of 30 or more
*Free for children under Junior High School age

Organized by

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, The Chugoku Shimbun, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and YAGEO Foundation, Taiwan

Supported by

Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima Municipal Board of Education, Hiroshima FM Broad Casting Co., Ltd., Onomichi FM Broad Casting Co., Ltd.