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Jun Kaneko: Raku
Thursday, July 16 at KANEKO, Omaha
About
Before Jun Kaneko was a sculptor, he was a painter — and that instinct still runs through everything he makes. This exhibition brings together flat, gestural slabs that function almost like canvases, where glaze, fire, and chance move like pigment finding its own path across a surface.
Who's playing
Jun Kaneko is the featured artist. The exhibition centers on his relationship with raku, a ceramic technique he first encountered after arriving in the U.S. in 1963, when a short visit to ceramicist Paul Soldner’s studio at Scripps College became a week of working alongside him.
What to expect
Expect ceramic works that emphasize surface, gesture, and process. KANEKO describes the slabs as functioning almost like canvases, with glaze, fire, and chance moving across them like pigment; the exhibition also points to Kaneko’s later effort to push raku beyond its traditionally intimate scale.
Why go
Jun Kaneko: Raku offers a focused look at how an Omaha-based artist associated with monumental ceramic sculpture uses an unpredictable firing process as part of the work’s visual language. The appeal is in seeing control and accident meet: color, heat, and timing become active forces in the finished pieces.
Where
KANEKO · 1111 Jones St · Old Market, Omaha NE