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How creative are you? It’s up to you. Jun Kaneko 1942 to 2017

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"How creative are you? It's up to you," says monumental artist Jun Kaneko. In the ancient Asian way of teaching, he inspires us by doing, not by instruction. You learn by example. Follow Jun Kaneko around the world in "Kaneko's Monumental Risk" as he explores the creative frontiers of ceramics, glass, bronze, and stage design in locations like San Francisco, Kyoto, Puerto Vallarta, Shanghai and New York. Regardless of where you see his work – city parks, plazas, airports, gardens – his style and massive scale are unmistakably KANEKO. Now, he is taking his greatest risk – the creation of three hours of projected animation on seven screens for the San Francisco Opera's all new, six million dollar production of Mozart's "Magic Flute." Will his wildly abstract fusion of traditional Japanese art and American modernism merge work in an 18th Century German Opera? The over 3,000 patrons at the opera's premier will decide. Has he finally gone too far? Or has he taken Mozart's music into a magical new realm? Either way, Kaneko will inspire you to reflect on the nature of your own creativity.

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Artworks of Johnson Tsang

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Artworks of Johnson Tsang.One of the most important and creative artists of our days: Johnson Tsang from Hong Kong. He works with ceramics, porcelain, wood etc.
Johnson Tsang , a Hong Kong-based sculptor who has received international acclaim , blends realist sculpting techniques with surrealist imagery. Tsang gives everyday objects anthropomorphic qualities and instilling them with a sense of movement and fluidity. At times comical, at other times sentimental, his creations never fail to inspire a sense of wonder in viewers.
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Boiler Bytes: Nina Hole Sculpture

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In April of 2016, the last sculpture designed by the late world-renown artist, Nina Hole, literally went up in flames. This Boiler Bytes segment remembers Nina Hole and the legacy of bringing people together through her performative works of art she left behind. Purdue is the proud home of Nina’s final sculpture titled, Repose. It is located just outside the Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts.

48 ep 48 COLLIDING WORLDS A Day inthe Life of John Toki 9 15 2013

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PALM SPRINGS CA — September 12, 2013 – COLLIDING WORLDS, an ART DOCUMENTARY in a 30-minute format, brings A DAY IN THE LIFE OF JOHN TOKI — ARTIST-AUTHOR-EDUCATOR

John Toki was born in the San Francisco Bay Area to parents who endured the Internment Camps of World War II. His parents instilled in John a love for the rich Japanese tradition of ceramics. John took that to heart and embarked on a career in clay.

For over 35 years John Toki has worked in clay for over 35 years. He is an respected and award winning artist; a lecturer and professor; an inventor of kilns and other innovations in the ceramics field; co-author of several notable books on ceramic sculpture; the president and owner of Leslie Ceramic Supply Company in Berkeley, which his parents founded fifty years ago; and he a mentor and role model to many within and outside the ceramic sphere.

Toki speaks about the satisfaction of working with clay: "It can be used for large-scale works, as well as more intimate pieces, with equal success. You can apply color by painting, glazing or mixing it into the clay. It's a quiet activity that you can manipulate with only your hands, you don't need tools really. You can use it for representational works, as well as abstraction. And I really like the physical presence of clay."

While John is no strange to scale, it is his large-scale sculptures in clay and porcelain that show most clearly his artistic and technical skills. Sculpture reaching dazzling heights remain a timeless tribute to John's muses: nature (mountains, water, snow, sky) The pieces often hint to archaeological elements but are clearly contemporary in have a their technical complexity and resulting visual appeal.

John Toki continues to dazzle and amaze all who see his work. A living treasure, John's work has been shown in the US, the Netherlands and Japan. He has completed public commissions and installations in Richmond, Berkeley, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, and Cincinnati.