Art

Gail Severn Gallery

Joseph Rossano’s Of Water exhibition will feature an installation of mirrored salmon-like forms, hand-blown from molten glass, as well as paintings in graphite on panel that will include salmon, trout, and other riparian wildlife. Photography of salmon roe and rivers in the Sawtooth National Forest by Laura McPhee and paintings by additional artists will round out the exhibition.

An installation of over 100 salmon-like forms will suspend from the gallery’s 24-foot ceiling and form a salmon ball that viewers can walk within and around. These mirrored hand-blown sculptures suggest a ghost-like migration, capturing the fragility and resilience of wild salmon. Both elegant and reverent, the installation provides a space for meditation on this fragile ecosystem.

This salmon immersion experience originated with Salmon School exhibition that took place at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Washington State. Displayed at eye level, the installation reflected the population of native wild salmon in the Skagit River, flowing into Puget Sound, north of Seattle. The installation at Gail Severn Gallery will be a smaller replica of the Salmon School exhibition that was featured at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington in 2021.

Anne Siems
Fox and Friends
In her solo exhibition, Fox and Friends, Anne Siems invites us into a delicately rendered world, populated by enigmatic figures, curated objects, spectral animals, and intricate natural forms. Children are the main characters, and animals play an important role as companions, co-conspirators, protectors, and sometimes alter egos. Siems creates these liminal spaces that transcend time by placing nostalgic items in otherworldly environments, invoking a dreamlike quality to her work. She offers the viewer an opportunity to meditate on inner life and gain an understanding of how memories and imagination shape our understanding of self and the world around us.

Jun Kaneko
Japanese American artist Jun Kaneko transcends the boundaries of traditional ceramics, exploring the relationship between volume and space, surface and atmosphere. Born in Nagoya, Japan, Kaneko has pursued a dynamic studio practice since the 1960s. The artist studied under Peter Voulkos and other artists associated with the California Clay Movement, a seminal period in the history of ceramics where a handful of imaginative artists expanded the boundaries of the medium in both scale and form, elevating ceramic sculpture from craft into the sphere of fine art. His large-scale ceramics are adorned with expressive glazes and intricate designs inspired by Japanese calligraphy, encouraging viewers to reflect on stillness, repetition, and rhythm. Many of Kaneko’s pieces are suited to be displayed outside in a garden setting, bringing color and form into nature.

Captions:
Headed for Home
by Joseph Rossano
repurposed panel and graphite
2025
96.50” x 33.50”
JsR 24

In Open Water
by Joseph Rossano
repurposed panel and graphite
2025
48.50” x 32”
JsR 26

Bulls
by Joseph Rossano
repurposed panel and graphite
2025
62” x 29.25”
JsR 30

Untitled (Dango)
by Jun Kaneko
handbuilt glazed raku ceramic
37” x 30.25” x 15.50”
JnK 217

Untitled (Dango)
by Jun Kaneko
handbuilt, glazed ceramic
26.25” x 21.75” x 10”
JnK 220

Head (Black & White)
by Jun Kaneko
raku and stainless steel
69” x 24.75” x 20”
JnK 223A

 

Gail Severn Gallery
400 1st Avenue North | Ketchum
208.726.5079
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