Colorbox II
Artist: Jun Kaneko (Japanese, b. 1942)
Date: 2007
Dimensions:
H: 84 in. (213.4 cm); W: 106 5/8 in. (270.8 cm); Depth: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm).
Medium: Kiln-formed Bullseye glass.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of The Georgia Welles Apollo Society
Object number: 2012.20A-H
Label Text:Conceptually a minimalist, Japanese ceramic artist and sculptor Jun Kaneko responded intuitively to the translucent qualities of glass. He created this large vertical installation of geometric rods shot through with thin layers of bright colors in collaboration with the glass research center Bullseye Glass Connection in Portland, Oregon. Challenging the facility’s technical capabilities, he layered sheets of glass in color sequences, then fused the stacks by kiln-firing them in a mold. Detailed preliminary drawings served him to deconstruct and strip complex visual language in order to communicate the roots of an arcane language of marks and colors. With controlled exuberance the Colorbox series conveys a restrained aesthetic:
The challenge of making successful work is to create art that strongly engages the viewer’s imagination in any environmental circumstance in which it is placed and experienced. Nothing exists by itself. Everything exists with the balance or imbalance of its relationship to others. This may be one of my central concerns and interests when creating any work.
The challenge of making successful work is to create art that strongly engages the viewer’s imagination in any environmental circumstance in which it is placed and experienced. Nothing exists by itself. Everything exists with the balance or imbalance of its relationship to others. This may be one of my central concerns and interests when creating any work.
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