1.0National Crafts Museumhttps://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/enishikawathttps://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/en/author/ishikawatrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="O85guM3Ywf"><a href="https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/en/magazine/635-20210316">Kaneko Jun, Untitled 13-09-04</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/en/magazine/635-20210316/embed#?secret=O85guM3Ywf" width="600" height="338" title="“Kaneko Jun, Untitled 13-09-04” — National Crafts Museum" data-secret="O85guM3Ywf" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/10/f209b1ae11886d950294b05d7adfcdec.jpg1350900Although the size and texture of this piece may be difficult to imagine from a flat image, this ceramic sculpture stands more than three meters tall. As a piece of ceramic art, the piece needed to be fired in a kiln. And rather than being assembled from smaller components fired separately, this sculpture was fired as a single piece, Kaneko Jun was born in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture and traveled to the United States to study painting in Los Angeles in 1963. He became attracted to the world of ceramics when he happened to meet a collector of contemporary ceramics and was impressed by the pieces in his collection. He […]