and "Jun Kaneko: On the Edge and In the Round" Examines the Relationship Between Ceramics and Sensuality, Opening Sunday, September 22 at SFSU |
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Exhibit includes works by artists Jun Kaneko, Ann Agee, Robert Arneson, Viola Frey, Matts Liederstam, Ron Nagle, Ken Price, Richard Shaw, Martin Wong and Beatrice Wood. Opening lecture and reception features Getty Museum curator Catherine Hess and scholar Paul Mathieu, September 22, 2002.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 30, 2002 -
Drawn from works by historical, regional and international artists, the
College of Creative Arts' Fine Arts Gallery presents two shows in one: The
Erotic Life of Clay featuring "Sexpots" and "Jun Kaneko: On
the Edge and In the Round," Sunday, September 22 through Thursday,
October 17 on the SFSU campus. Mapping unexplored territory -- the
specific relationship between ceramics and sensuality, its language and
metaphors -- "SexPots" includes abstract and narrative
representations of the erotic by artists Ann Agee, Robert Arneson, Breon
Dunigan, John DeFazio, Viola Frey, Matts Liederstam, Anne Davis Mulford,
Ron Nagle, Ken Price, J. John Priola, Richard Shaw, Akio Takamori, Martin
Wong, Beatrice Wood, and others. "On the Edge and In the Round"
highlights the work of internationally renowned artist Jun Kaneko. In both
shows, the artists make the case for ceramics as a form of fine art and
introduce the idea, or remind us, that clay can be especially well-suited
to exploring the erotic in conceptually pointed ways.
"The
exhibition is important as a contemporary, conceptual snapshot of some of
the most exciting new work in ceramics," says SFSU Fine Arts Gallery
Director and Curator Mark Johnson. "Because the contemporary work can
be seen within a context of ancient and regional works, the viewer will
gain an appreciate of the continuity of concerns in this medium, which
dates back to prehistoric times."
Japanese-born
artist Jun Kaneko is exhibiting several of his formidable "dangos"
(the name means "dumpling" in Japanese) as well as ceramic wall
slabs in "Jun Kaneko: On the Edge and In the Round." The
dangos are large pillow-like ceramic structures on which he has applied a
graphic element. Reaching dimensions of up to four feet high and/or wide,
Mr. Kaneko's dangos are technical feats of ceramic skill not often
undertaken by modern-day artists. This exhibition is presented in
association with the Montalvo Art Center.
Bay Area artists
affiliated with the "SexPots" exhibit are Ann Agee, Robert
Arneson, Breon Dunigan, John DeFazio, Viola Frey, Anne Davis Mulford, Ron
Nagle, Ken Price, J. John Priola, Richard Shaw, Martin Wong, and Beatrice
Wood.
Lecture and Reception
Gallery Information and Parking
With nearly 40
faculty members, including internationally celebrated art historian
Whitney Chadwick and artists Lewis DeSoto and David Kuraoka, the San
Francisco State University Art Department fosters the development of
specialized skills, encourages personal creative direction, and promotes
understanding of the history and cultural practicies shaping articstic
expression. More than 100 courses in traditional art media, innovative and
multi-disciplinary techno-media, and art history provide training for a
variety of related careers. Three degree programs are offered: the
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may emphasize art education, art history, ceramics, ceonceptual and
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accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
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creative arts in northern California. Under the direction of Dean Keith
Morrison, an internationally acclaimed faculty directs more than 3,000
undergraduate and graduate students in seven disciplines: art, cinema,
broadcast and electronic communication arts, music, dance, theatre, and
design and industry. The College of Creative Arts is part of San Francisco
State University, one of the 23 member universities comprising the
California State University, the largest system of higher education in the
nation. SFSU is a highly diverse, comprehensive, public and urban
university. For more information about the College of Creative Arts,
please visit www.collegeofcreativearts.org.
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