Jun Kaneko

Born: 1942, Japan

Joe Bova is a sculptor known for his figurative sculpture and vessels which incorporate human and animal imagry with anthropomorphic expression. Common animal subjects are birds, dogs, monkeys, pigs, and rabbits. Forms ...
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Bova?s developed sculptural works many of which show the seamless integration of the animal forms and vessel. During different periods of his career, work has dealt with social and political topics. Bova utilizes the animal form as ?symbols, surrogates and totems?. He is influenced by the ceramics of Mexico and of the Mochica peoples of the northern coast of Peru which is known for jars in the form of the human head with stylized motifs. The Mochia influence is seen some examples of Bova?s work of the late 1970s through the 1980s. In 2006 Bova, began to create a focus on animal forms and imagery and the teapot form, Bova describes these as ?the pot incognito?. At times, Bova incorporates the human and animal forms. In certain cases eroticism and humor are used to develop content.

Bova Says of his work, ?Using animal imagery was first inspired by early the realities of hunting and fishing, and later by their power as symbols, surrogates and totems. For much of my career I have been making social and political commentary art, often also involving eroticism. In 2006-07, seeking a respite from the polemical, I returned to the earlier and abiding interest in animal forms and imagery with a new interest in integrating the vessel, namely the teapot, with the figure. The pot incognito, you might say.?

Throughout his career, Bova remained an influential teacher.

Apprenticeships & Residencies

1964

Independent study, Jerry Rothman's Studio, Paramount, California

1967

Archie Bray Foundation Fellowship, Helena, Montana

1982

Omaha Brickworks, Omaha, Nebraska

Primary Work Experience

1972

1973

Faculty, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire

1974

Scripps College, Claremont, California

1973

1975

Professor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

1979

1986

Head of Ceramics Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Other

Public Collections

Aichi-Prefecture Museum of Ceramics, Nagoya, Japan

Arabia Museum, Helsinki, Finland

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona

Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Banff Centre of Fine Arts, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada

Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho

California State University, Sacramento, California

City Center, Las Vegas, Nevada

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

Cranbrook Academy Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan

de Young Museum, San Francisco, California

European Ceramic Work Center, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan

Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Arts, Toronto, Canada

Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii

Icheon World Ceramic Center, Seoul, South Korea

Japan Foundation, Tokyo, Japan

Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, Hawaii

Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan

Museum Het Kruithuis, s’Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands

Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan

National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

Nagoya City Museum, Nagoya, Japan

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff, Arizona

Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California

Olympic Museum of Ceramic Sculpture, Athens, Greece

Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California

Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania

Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California

Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska

Shigaraki Ceramic Museum, Shigaraki, Japan

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

Toyota City Museum, Toyota, Japan

Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota

University of Iowa, Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa

University of Wyoming Museum of Art, Laramie, Wyoming

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England

Weber State University, Ogden, Utah

Yamaguchi Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan

Bibliography

Clark, Garth, and Margie Hughto. A Century of Ceramics in the United States, 1878-1978. New York, NY: E.P. Dutton,1979.

Kaneko, Jun, and Susan Peterson. Jun Kaneko: Selected Works, 1989-2005. Gifu, Japan: Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, 2005.

Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics From Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms, 1607 to the present. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988.

Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Clay. London, England: Calmann & King LTD, 2000.

Peterson, Susan and Jun Kaneko. Jun Kaneko. London, England: Laurence King, 2001.

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