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[Untitled] (Sculpture)

Nishida Jun

Asian Art

Nishida Jun was a conceptual potter who worked to push the limits of ceramic art. His most celebrated creations were giant balls, filled with equal parts of porcelain and glaze, that he fired at high temperatures until they fused into large masses; he then broke them open and displayed the fragments. This piece from one such experiment is like a geode turned inside out: the exterior (composed of glaze) is crystalline, while the interior (porcelain) is rocky and coarse.
MEDIUM Fused glass and unfired clay
  • Place Made: Japan
  • DATES ca. 2002
    PERIOD Heisei Period
    DIMENSIONS 12 1/4 × 19 1/2 × 7 in., 32.5 lb. (31.1 × 49.5 × 17.8 cm, 14.74kg)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2016.9
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Leslie L. Beller and Alan L. Beller
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    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Nishida Jun (Japanese, 1977–2005). [Untitled] (Sculpture), ca. 2002. Fused glass and unfired clay, 12 1/4 × 19 1/2 × 7 in., 32.5 lb. (31.1 × 49.5 × 17.8 cm, 14.74kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Leslie L. Beller and Alan L. Beller, 2016.9. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , 2016.9_PS9.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 2016.9_PS9.jpg., 2017
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    Nishida Jun (Japanese, 1977–2005). <em>[Untitled] (Sculpture)</em>, ca. 2002. Fused glass and unfired clay, 12 1/4 × 19 1/2 × 7 in., 32.5 lb. (31.1 × 49.5 × 17.8 cm, 14.74kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Leslie L. Beller and Alan L. Beller, 2016.9. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: , 2016.9_PS9.jpg)