49 Jun Kaneko (1942; Japan/USA) Untitled Black Slab 1998 Stoneware; ht. 22, wd. 29.25 in. Acquired from the artist; from the Sandy Besser Collection Kaneko studied painting with Satoshi Ogawa during his adolescence in Nagoya, Japan. He came to the United States in 1963 to study at the Chouinard Institute of Art. LA collector Fred Marer drew him to sculptural ceramics and he studied with Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, and Jerry Rothman in Southern California. The following decade, Kaneko taught at some of the nation’s leading art schools, including Scripps College, Rhode Island School of Design and Cranbrook Academy of Art. Since 1990 Kaneko has been working in Omaha, Nebraska on massive ceramic sculptures. $1,000 - $2,000 50 Jun Kaneko (1942; Japan/USA) 49 Dango 1998 Stoneware, ht. 36, wd. 42, dp. 32 in.A Acquired from the artist; from the Sandy Besser Collection Kaneko’s artwork, known for its color, pattern and scale, is included in more than seventy museum collections. He has been based in Omaha since 1986. Recently Kaneko has been a production designer for opera including Mozart’s Magic Flute for the San Francisco Opera as well as companies in other cities. This monolith sculpture is a classic within Kaneko’s oeuvre.
References: Peterson, Susan. Jun Kaneko, Royersford, PA, Weatherill 2001. Kaneko, Jun and Xavier Toubes. Jun Kaneko Between Light and Shadow, European Ceramic Workshop, s’Hertogenbosch, Netherland, 1996. $8,000 - $12,000
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