Kaneko Museum

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:29 pm

That looks amazing.

Spatial77 · Post by **Spatial77** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 3:10 pm

WOW! This will be cool addition to the OM. The project takes some unremarkable brick facades and creates a transition from the heart of the Old Market as you head south toward the Rows SoMa. This looks like a great project. Hopefully the City of Omaha will rebuild the brick streets in that area to tie things together.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Tue Mar 15, 2016 4:17 pm

The black and white granite sidewalks will be amazing. I wonder if they are going the whole block or just the front?

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Apr 03, 2016 11:01 pm

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sat Apr 16, 2016 11:58 pm

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 3:09 am

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ItsAllAboutMe · Post by **ItsAllAboutMe** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:43 pm

Steel is going up!

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri Jun 17, 2016 3:36 pm

ItsAllAboutMe wrote:Steel is going up!

Looks like the steel is almost all up.

ShaneofCal · Post by **ShaneofCal** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 2:35 am

iamjacobm wrote:
ItsAllAboutMe wrote:Steel is going up!
Looks like the steel is almost all up.

Pictures!!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 2:54 am

ShaneofCal wrote:
iamjacobm wrote:
ItsAllAboutMe wrote:Steel is going up!
Looks like the steel is almost all up.
Pictures!!

Tomorrow

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 9:38 pm

ShaneofCal · Post by **ShaneofCal** » Sun Jun 19, 2016 11:25 pm

Thanks for all of the construction updates.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Jul 10, 2016 11:28 pm

Post by **Brad** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 4:29 am

Photo Update:
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Omaha_corn_burner · Post by **Omaha_corn_burner** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 5:07 pm

I hope they plan to replace or repair the street in front of that new addition. It is in very poor condition. I drove on it earlier this month.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:08 am

Beautiful night for a photo update!

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun Oct 30, 2016 10:57 pm

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Nov 01, 2016 2:38 pm

Kaneko’s shiny ‘new front door’
is designed to be a draw to Old Market’s southern fringe

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:36 pm

A rezoning request is in front of the planning board for some land on the campus.

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Thu May 10, 2018 7:00 pm

Rezoning moving forward here in front of the city council. Doc says 40 ft tall for the museum.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Fri May 11, 2018 7:43 pm

iamjacobm wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:36 pm A rezoning request is in front of the planning board for some land on the campus.

What land?

Lillian Bean · Post by **Lillian Bean** » Fri May 11, 2018 7:54 pm

Louie wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 7:43 pm
iamjacobm wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:36 pm A rezoning request is in front of the planning board for some land on the campus.
What land?

Southeast corner of that property: https://thekaneko.org/discover/collecti ... -campaign/

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Fri May 11, 2018 7:55 pm

11th and Leavenworth.

https://thekaneko.org/discover/collecti ... -campaign/

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Sun May 13, 2018 4:10 pm

PotatoeEatsFish · Post by **PotatoeEatsFish** » Sun May 13, 2018 8:33 pm

Wow this is really cool. Tbh i hadnt heard of Keneko till last year and now i really want to visit.

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Mon May 14, 2018 12:26 pm

Lillian Bean wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 7:54 pm
Louie wrote: Fri May 11, 2018 7:43 pm
iamjacobm wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:36 pm A rezoning request is in front of the planning board for some land on the campus.
What land?
Southeast corner of that property: https://thekaneko.org/discover/collecti ... -campaign/

Oh, very cool!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon May 28, 2018 12:12 am

Finally got back last night. Just a few of my pics... New foyer:

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon May 28, 2018 12:16 am

Misha Gordin:

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon May 28, 2018 12:27 am

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon May 28, 2018 12:31 am

The 3D Diamond Plex (rotating human brain):

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon May 28, 2018 12:36 am

Molly showing off the AVI SPL Interactive display

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon May 28, 2018 12:38 am

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Mon May 28, 2018 12:51 am

Kaneko - UNO Library

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Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:50 pm

Kaneko exhibit celebrates sculpture artists;
featured piece soon moves to Gene Leahy Mall

The exhibit highlights the creative process of sculptors from first drafts to final products, with pieces of all shapes and sizes.

OmahaOmaha · Post by **OmahaOmaha** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:42 pm

The featured piece being moved to Gene Leahy Mall isn’t all that impressive, but at least it’s not one of those big ugly ceramic heads they’re putting out there. Besides their massive size, I think most 2nd graders could make those. Maybe I’m just not cultured enough and don’t understand the art world. I recently visited the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and saw Ellsworth Kelly’s “Blue, Green, Red”. People were standing there oooing and ahing over it. Why? I know 2nd graders could duplicate most Ellsworth Kelly creations.

Vitruvius · Post by **Vitruvius** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 9:12 pm

OmahaOmaha wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:42 pm The featured piece being moved to Gene Leahy Mall isn’t all that impressive, but at least it’s not one of those big ugly ceramic heads they’re putting out there. Besides their massive size, I think most 2nd graders could make those. Maybe I’m just not cultured enough and don’t understand the art world. I recently visited the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and saw Ellsworth Kelly’s “Blue, Green, Red”. People were standing there oooing and ahing over it. Why? I know 2nd graders could duplicate most Ellsworth Kelly creations.

Maybe Ellsworth Kelly was on to something. A course in art history: Renaissance to the present day can be enlightening too.

legato9 · Post by **legato9** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 11:19 pm

OmahaOmaha wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:42 pm The featured piece being moved to Gene Leahy Mall isn’t all that impressive, but at least it’s not one of those big ugly ceramic heads they’re putting out there. Besides their massive size, I think most 2nd graders could make those. Maybe I’m just not cultured enough and don’t understand the art world. I recently visited the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and saw Ellsworth Kelly’s “Blue, Green, Red”. People were standing there oooing and ahing over it. Why? I know 2nd graders could duplicate most Ellsworth Kelly creations.

I think you have the opposite "problem." You DO understand art.

That piece going in the Gene Leahy mall is decoration. (It's debatable whether it achieves that purpose. But still debatable.) But it isn't art.

Art recreates reality according to the artist's value judgements.

If you see a beautiful woman with a blemish on her cheek, you'd think nothing of it. She's still a beautiful woman. But if an artist paints a beautiful woman with a blemish, s/he is saying something by doing so. The message might be "everyone is flawed" or "there are no ideals" or something else along those lines. (I would disagree with the message, but there would be a message, values, and a recreation of reality that reflects those values.)

This metal object might look nice to some people. But it says nothing. It reflects no values - good or bad. It recreates nothing to express those values. It isn't art.

GetUrban · Post by **GetUrban** » Sat Feb 19, 2022 12:28 am

To me, the metal sculpture headed for the new GLM kind of looks like a giant abstraction of the tiny sars-cov-2 virus. I don’t know if that was the artist’s intention, but it will remind of that, and the time’s we’ve lived through recently. If an artist says it’s art, it probably is. I’ll reserve my judgment until I see it in person.

ItsAllAboutMe · Post by **ItsAllAboutMe** » Sat Feb 19, 2022 12:33 am

legato9 wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 11:19 pm
OmahaOmaha wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:42 pm The featured piece being moved to Gene Leahy Mall isn’t all that impressive, but at least it’s not one of those big ugly ceramic heads they’re putting out there. Besides their massive size, I think most 2nd graders could make those. Maybe I’m just not cultured enough and don’t understand the art world. I recently visited the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and saw Ellsworth Kelly’s “Blue, Green, Red”. People were standing there oooing and ahing over it. Why? I know 2nd graders could duplicate most Ellsworth Kelly creations.
I think you have the opposite "problem." You DO understand art.

That piece going in the Gene Leahy mall is decoration. (It's debatable whether it achieves that purpose. But still debatable.) But it isn't art.

Art recreates reality according to the artist's value judgements.

If you see a beautiful woman with a blemish on her cheek, you'd think nothing of it. She's still a beautiful woman. But if an artist paints a beautiful woman with a blemish, s/he is saying something by doing so. The message might be "everyone is flawed" or "there are no ideals" or something else along those lines. (I would disagree with the message, but there would be a message, values, and a recreation of reality that reflects those values.)

This metal object might look nice to some people. But it says nothing. It reflects no values - good or bad. It recreates nothing to express those values. It isn't art.

Comparing a painting of a beautiful women to a sculpture is like dancing about architecture. Fortunately, for those who don't care for it , it will only be there for 3 years. Then you can complain about the next piece to take it's place.

Vitruvius · Post by **Vitruvius** » Sat Feb 19, 2022 12:40 am

It's fine if something isn't to one's taste, but ignorance doesn't pass for legitimate criticism.

https://americanart.si.edu/artist/james-surls-4714

https://jamessurls.com