An Exhibition Planned by the Community – The Great Request Exhibition
投票 御礼	Period: Saturday 1st - Sunday 23rd March 2008, 9am-5pm (Last entry to museum at 4:30pm) Location: 3rd Exhibition Hall Entry fee: 500yen (400yen) general entry, 400yen (300yen) for university students, free for high school students and under. Numbers in brackets are per person prices for groups 20 and over. # Free for holders of KoMPal Cards (5000 yen per year) and Yearly Passes (2,500 yen per year) # Free for holders of Physical Disability Cards, Care Assistance Cards, Disability Cards, War Wounded Cards, A-Bomb Survivor Health Cards, and 1 accompanying carer. Holders of the Kochi City or Prefectural Seniors Cards are also eligible for free entry.	投票 御礼

Ryusei　Kishida 'Artist's Wife' 1914	The School of Ekin 'Kagamiyaa kokyo no Nisikie'	Paul Klee 'Home Country' 1929	Toraji Ishikawa 'The Portrait of Count Itagaki' 1896

	Kochi Museum of Art currently holds 12,397 works in its collection, made up of outstanding examples of modern and contemporary art. The three pillars of the galleries collection are: The works of Marc Chagall, Expressionist and Neo-expressionist works, and The Green Work and Artists of Kochi. These works are introduced to the public through regular exhibits of the collection. 102 candidate pieces were specially selected from the 12,397 works in the collection, with the public voting to request their favourite works. Voters were asked to choose a work from each of three categories: Contemporary Art of Expressionism and Neo-Expressionism, Modern Japanese Painting, and Local Art. Works which garnered the most votes were selected, with between 5 and 18 works from each category making the final cut. A total of 31 works were thus selected to be in the exhibition. There was also another voting category, named ‘I really have to see this!’. Another 6 works were selected in this category. So please enjoy this selection of works, one that has a somewhat different flavour to most exhibitions here at the gallery. Remember that 2 other exhibitions are also on at the same time: Kohei Morita and Sokyu Yamamoto, ‘The Luxuriant World of Japanese Painting’ and Marc Chagall, ‘Stained Glass of Jerusalem’. This is a great chance to see the art gallery’s collection at these 3 exhibitions for the special low price of 500yen! Don’t miss this chance!
	■Related Exhibitions
	Special Lecture: Kaii Higashiyama and Contemporary Japanese Painting An lecture on Contemporary Japanese Art, centering upon Kaii Higashiyama’s works, has been planned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth. This artist gained the largest number of votes in the Great Request Exhibition. 　 ・Date: 2pm-3:30pm ・Place: Meeting Room ・Places: First 50 people to apply ・Lecturer: Mr Keita Taguchi (Chief Professional Curator of Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum) ・Fee: Free
	Gallery Talk Highlights of the Exhibition and a brief introduction to the works ・Date: Sun 2nd, Sun 16th, Sun 23rd March ・Times: 2pm-2:30pm ・Please make your way directly to the exhibition room
	Free Childcare Service We will provide free childcare services staffed by qualified professionals. We hope this service will make it possible for careers of young children to enjoy the exhibition at their leisure. The service will be provided during the 5-day period from Thursday 20th March until Sunday 23rd March. The service will be open from 10am-12noon and 1:30pm-3:30pm on these days. Open to customers who have children from the age of 6 months up until school-age. 10 places available on a first-come first-served basis. Applications must be made by Thursday 13rd March 2008 by phone to the gallery: 088-866-8000. We will send you a formal application form by post.