KANETA MASANAO
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KANETA MASANAO (b. 1953)
Object: Soaring triangular sculptural vessel with Hagi kohiki glaze in naturalistic tones of beige brown, gray and rust
Date: 2021
Media: Glazed stoneware
Dimensions: 11 x 32 x 17 1/4 in.
Plaque title: 迅 (Jin); Swift
Plaque signature: 兼田昌尚造 (Kaneta Masanao zō); Created by Kaneta Masanao
Plaque seal: 昌尚 (Masanao)
Price: $ 12,800
Exhibited and published:
Kaneta Masanao: sōan no chikara (Kaneta Masanao: The Power of Creation). Tokyo: Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, 2021, pl. 37.
Yakimono no chikara (The Power of Ceramics), Hagi: Hagi Uragami Museum, 2025, p. 20.
References:
Addis, S. “Kaneta Masanao: Pottery Vessels as Sculpture.” Daruma (Spring 1997):pp. 25-29.
Earle, Joe. New Forms, New Voices: Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection. New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 2017, pp. 36-37.
Mirviss, Joan B. Japan Now: Three Displays at the Gardiner Museum Celebrating Contemporary Japanese Ceramics. Toronto: Gardiner Museum of Art, 2018, p. 36.
North, Alice and Halsey, and Louise Allison Cort. Listening to Clay: Conversations with Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Artists. New York: Monacelli Press, 2022, pp. 207-221.
Exhibitions
Exhibited and published:Kaneta Masanao: sōan no chikara (Kaneta Masanao: The Power of Creation). Tokyo: Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, 2021, pl. 37.
Yakimono no chikara (The Power of Ceramics), Hagi: Hagi Uragami Museum, 2025, p. 20.
Literature
References:Addis, S. “Kaneta Masanao: Pottery Vessels as Sculpture.” Daruma (Spring 1997): pp. 25-29.
Earle, Joe. New Forms, New Voices: Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection. New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 2017, pp. 36-37.
Mirviss, Joan B. Japan Now: Three Displays at the Gardiner Museum Celebrating Contemporary Japanese Ceramics. Toronto: Gardiner Museum of Art, 2018, p. 36.
North, Alice and Halsey, and Louise Allison Cort. Listening to Clay: Conversations with Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Artists. New York: Monacelli Press, 2022, pp. 207-221.
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