Btiriki Photo/Tadaaki Nakagawa.
a 1 0 -y e a r s t r u g g le a n d tr iu m p h
fo r B e e t h o v e n , a n d it s th e m e s —
t h e p o w e r o f c o n ju g a l lo v e a n d
t h e fig h t f o r lib e r t y .
M o r e th a n o n e o f th e c o n -
t r ib u t o r s n o t e t h e a p t n e s s o f
K a n e k o ’ s s ig n a t u r e s t y le t o
e x p r e s s in g t h e s u b je c t o f th e
o p e r a , e v e n o n e s o f a r a w a y
in tim e a n d p la c e . “ E v e r y t h in g
a b o u t h is w o r k r e s o n a t e d
Ficlelin
t o m e ,” s a y s D r i v e r ,
“ fr o m h is h u g e s c u lp t u r a l
h e a d s , t o h is a c r y lic p a in tin g s
o n c a n v a s w i t h s t r a ig h t a n d
s w ir lin g b la c k a n d w h it e lin e s ,
t o h is t ile w a lls w it h s p la s h e s
o f b la c k a n d w h i t e t o g e t h e r
w i t h g e o m e t r ic b lo c k s o f c o l-
o r . T o m e t h e e n o r m o u s h e a d s
e v o k e d a s e n s e o f p o w e r a n d
s e r e n i t y c e n t r a l t o B e e t h o -
v e n ’s w o r k . T h e g r id w o r k s in
h is p a in t in g s a n d c e r a m ic s
b r o u g h t a f r e s h n e w a b s t r a c t
r e a liz a t io n o n t h e t h e m e o f
im p r is o n m e n t .” P h ilo s o p h e r
a n d c r it ic A r t h u r D a n t o p r a is e s
K a n e k o ’ s v is u a l c o n c e p t io n
f o r its u n iv e r s a lit y . “ T h e m ir a -
c le o f K a n e k o ’s d e s ig n is th a t
h e h a s fo u n d a n a r c h i t e c t u r a l
m e t a p h o r f o r t h e d u a li t y o f
g o o d a n d e v i l . ” —
b . s .
N M / S a n t a F e
Patina Gallery:
Pat Flynn: Ironic Attachment u
J u n e 5 - J u l y 5
p a t in a - g a lle r y .c o m
F l y n n c o m b in e s d is p a r a t e
m a t e r ia ls in t o s t r ik in g j e w e l r y
a n d v e s s e ls .
N Y / N e w Y o r k
©Japan Society:
Btiriki: Japanese Tin Toys from
the Golden Age o f the American
Automobile, The Токи Tanaka
Collection
J u ly 9 - A u g . 16
ia p a n s o c i e t y .o r g
T o y d e s ig n e r s r e p lic a t e d u . s .
a u to s t y l i n g t r e n d s d u r in g th e
p o s t w a r b o o m , in c lu d in g
Gen-
eral Motors’s Chevrolet Corvette
Stingray,
s p a w n in g t h e ir o w n
a u t o m o t iv e i n d u s t r y —in
m in ia t u r e .
N Y / N e w Y o r k
Metropolitan Museum of Art:
A rt o f the Korean Renaissance,
1400-1600
t o J u n e 21
m e t m u s e u m .o r g
A d iv e r s e y e t c o h e s iv e b o d y o f
w o r k illu s t r a t e s th e h e ig h t o f
a r t is t ic p r o d u c t io n d u r in g th e
C h o s o n d y n a s t y , a tim e o f e x -
t r a o r d i n a r y c u lt u r a l
a c h ie v e m e n t s .
N Y / N e w Y o r k
Museum of Arts and Design:
Object Factory: The A rt of
Industrial Ceramics
t o S e p t . 13
m a d m u s e u m .o r g
A g r o u n d b r e a k in g e x h ib it io n
d o c u m e n t s c u r r e n t in n o v a t io n
in in d u s tr ia l c e r a m ic p r o d u c -
t io n a n d t h e r e n a is s a n c e
o f c e r a m ic s in a r t a n d d e s ig n
t o d a y .
©
VELVET DA VINCI
2015 Polk Street
Son Francisco, A 94109
415.441.0109
www.VelvetDaVinci.com
