Legends, Myths and Truths: Jun Kaneko

March 28, 2013  |   Feature,   News
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Opening April 12, 2013 in Millennium Park is a major public art project which will be on view through November 4, 2013. It features 17 figurative sculptures interpreted from Japanese folklore characters called Tanuki. In additionare 13 of the monumental works the artist created at his Mission Clay: Pittsburg project.

From ancient times, the Japanese have expressed the purported shape shifting Tanuki in a variety of ways, but modernly they are usually depicted as a large, stout racoon-dog.
From ancient times, the Japanese have expressed the purported shape shifting Tanuki in a variety of ways, but modernly they are usually depicted as a large, stout racoon-dog.
Jun Kaneko worked at Mission Clay Products in California for two years in the mid-90ʼs to create twenty-four immense sculptures and at their Kansas facility for the majority of three years starting in 2005 to create 44 monumental ceramic sculptures. All sculptures are fabricated by hand stitching clay slabs into the walls of singular monolithic hollow artworks.
Jun Kaneko worked at Mission Clay Products in California for two years in the mid-90ʼs to create twenty-four immense sculptures and at their Kansas facility for the majority of three years starting in 2005 to create 44 monumental ceramic sculptures. All sculptures are fabricated by hand stitching clay slabs into the walls of singular monolithic hollow artworks.