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Thursday, March 02, 2006
Jun Kaneko: Madama Butterfly
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM: ...through May 7
This exhibition presents drawings, designs, and models that internationally renowned Omaha artist Jun Kaneko produced over the past year and a half in his role as set, and costume designer for Opera Omaha's new production of one of the most popular operas of all time: the more than 100-year-old story of Madama Butterfly (March 17, 19, 22, and 25, 2006). Kaneko's designs blend his traditional Japanese sensibility with his unique artistic vision. Kaneko began his career as a painter and is recognized as one of the world's foremost ceramic sculptors. He is best known for his rounded, large-scale forms called dangos (after the Japanese word for steamed sweet dumplings). ...