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Born 1942 Nagaya, Japan. Known for: Ceramic ovoid monolith-dangos.
The following is from the New York Times, 1/14/2007 in the Art & Design section:. "Giants of the Heartland" by Michael Kimmelman. Posted from Pittsburgh, Kansas. FOR the past couple of years Jun... Read full biography
The following is from the New York Times, 1/14/2007 in the Art & Design section:. "Giants of the Heartland" by Michael Kimmelman. Posted from Pittsburgh, Kansas. FOR the past couple of years Jun Kaneko, the ceramic artist, has been driving every month from his studio in Omaha, five hours south to a... Read full biography
The following is from the New York Times, 1/14/2007 in the Art & Design section:. "Giants of the Heartland" by Michael Kimmelman. Posted from Pittsburgh, Kansas. FOR the past couple of years Jun Kaneko, the ceramic artist, has been driving every month from his studio in Omaha, five hours south to a sewer-pipe factory here, called Mission Clay. There, in a pair of beehive kilns from the turn of the last century, he has been making what must be some of the largest ceramic sculptures made, maybe... Read full biography
The following is from the New York Times, 1/14/2007 in the Art & Design section:. "Giants of the Heartland" by Michael Kimmelman. Posted from Pittsburgh, Kansas. FOR the past couple of years Jun Kaneko, the ceramic artist, has been driving every month from his studio in Omaha, five hours south to a sewer-pipe factory here, called Mission Clay. There, in a pair of beehive kilns from the turn of the last century, he has been making what must be some of the largest ceramic sculptures made, maybe the largest ever made. They're Easter Island-like heads, the size of baby rhinos. Or they're abstract, in hollow shapes like lozenges or lima beans or dumplings — he calls them "Dangos," which is Japanese for dumplings. Or, in one case, a little like... Read full biography
The following is from the New York Times, 1/14/2007 in the Art & Design section:. "Giants of the Heartland" by Michael Kimmelman. Posted from Pittsburgh, Kansas. FOR the past couple of years Jun Kaneko, the ceramic artist, has been driving every month from his studio in Omaha, five hours south to a sewer-pipe factory here, called Mission Clay. There, in a pair of beehive kilns from the turn of the last century, he has been making what must be some of the largest ceramic sculptures made, maybe the largest ever made. They're Easter Island-like heads, the size of baby rhinos. Or they're abstract, in hollow shapes like lozenges or lima beans or dumplings — he calls them "Dangos," which is Japanese for dumplings. Or, in one case, a little like a ship's billowing sail, each one weighing thousands of pounds and rising up to 13 feet.... Read full biography
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Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Direct Carver, Hand Carving
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
- •Theatre Scene Painting, Stage/Set Design for Television and/or Movies
Art Media
- •Art Pottery
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Ceramics
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Stone and/or Limestone
- •Stoneware, Stone, Stonecut, Sandstone
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
- •Hand-Crafted Objects
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Japan
Art School
- •Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Student
- •Cranbrook Academy of Art, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Archie Bray Foundation Residency
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Karen and Robert Duncan Collection, Lincoln NE
Added Description
- •Ceramic Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Japanese