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Jun Kaneko: Black & White / Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona

February 12, 2014
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Jun Kaneko: Black & White / Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona

Jun Kaneko Black and White ceramics exhibition at Bentley Gallery

Jun Kaneko: Black & White / Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
January 9 – February 28, 2014

Many Arizonans are familiar with Jun Kaneko’s large-scale ceramic dango sculptures (Japanese for dumpling) at Sky Harbor Airport, and his ceramic tile wall in front of Phoenix Art Museum. Bentley Gallery will be exhibiting his monumental glazed dangos and heads covered in geometric shapes and pure color. The sculptures are made with large amounts of clay, slowly built by hand using the slab technique. The glazing on Kaneko’s new works are reminiscent of his classic dangos, punctuated by graphic polka dots, spirals, stripes, and zigzags in pure black and white. These rhythmic designs are analogous with the Japanese Shinto concept of the Ma, which loosely translates into “attachment through space.”

Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1942, Kaneko came to the U.S. in 1963 and studied at the Chouinard Institute of Art. His innovative work is in more than 70 international museum collections including Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland; Detroit Institute of Arts; Houston Museum of Fine Arts; Los Angeles County Art Museum; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Art and Design, NY; The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Phoenix Art Museum and Smithsonian American Art Museum. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Nebraska, the Massachusetts College of Art & Design and the Royal College of Art in London.

This past summer, a large scale outdoor exhibition of Kaneko’s Tanuki sculpture (a symbol of fertility and prosperity) was installed at Millennium Park in Chicago. In 2012 his costumes, sets and lighting designs were featured in the San Francisco Opera’s production of The Magic Flute. He has also created costumes, sets, and video backdrops for Madame Butterfly, which began touring in 2006 and is still in production today. The artist lives in Omaha, Nebraska.

Gallery hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm and by appointment.

CONTACT
info@bentleygallery.com
Tel. 480 946 6060

BENTLEY GALLERY at Bentley Projects
215 East Grant Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
United States
www.bentleygallery.com

Above: Jun Kaneko, Dango 13-07-38, 2013, Glazed ceramic, 48 x 48 x 48 inches.

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