HAWAI‘I PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES
2009 - 2010 ART GALLERY EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
The Hawai‘i Pacific University Art Gallery is pleased to announce its 2009 - 2010 exhibition schedule. The primary focus of the gallery is to showcase the work of artists who live and work in Hawai‘i. HPU Gallery Curator, Sanit Khewhok, noted, “Our gallery program continues to draw the attention of artists and audiences alike. Annually we review far more portfolios of work than we can possibly accommodate. Our selection this year includes an exciting diversity of media and styles, including group and solo exhibitions.”
2009-2010 Hawai‘i Pacific University Art Gallery Schedule
July 26 – September 18, 2009
Calvin Collin Anomaly
New works by Calvin Collins that traffic heavily in symbolism and are motivated as much by temerity as they are, desperation. They are fun, moody works that make you go “Hmm…”
September 27 – November 13, 2009
Kirsten Rae Simonsen Luxury Playtime: Welcome to the New Lifestyle
The works in Luxury Playtime: Welcome to the New Lifestyle challenge the notion of "VIP" and the "private party" in our current economic climate. Inspirations include television shows such as "The Hills" and "The Real Housewives of Orange County." The characters depicted are decadent party girls, losing their grip during the world economic crisis. They are realizing that they can no longer sustain the lifestyle they are accustomed to, but they are still holding onto it.
November 22, 2009 – January 15, 2010
Hans Loffe Two Dimensions
Hans Loffel presents two very different parts of his creative persona in Two Dimensions. Loffel is first and foremost an artist and this part of his personality is readily apparent in a body of works focusing on nature and organic forms rendered with great delicacy and sensitivity. The other body of Loffel’s work is more abstract in nature with emphasis on geometry, balance, and division of space. While the organic and the geometric should be opposites in nature, Loffel shows that he can bridge the gap between the two and in doing so strikes a balance of his own.
January 24 – March 5, 2010
Klaus Knoll Delicacy
"quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum", what is food to one may be poison to another.”
– Lucretius De Rerum Natura IV/637
Shopping in wet markets and grocery stores in countries where one can't read the signs or labels sparked this project. Klaus and Cella found beauty in edible items that may be special but certainly not strange to natives. Often not knowing what they were and generally shy to try them they were brought to the studio to photograph for their appearance or packaging alone. Many seemed both strange and exquisite at the same time. Even in each other's western country of origin, Austria and the US, they found many of the other's delicacies perplexing. Their intention is to document the sublime, both horror and beauty, in things treasured and most intimately experienced by some and repelled by others. This project is a celebration of an aspect of foreigness we treasure, a showcase for difference, and an expression of appreciation rather than a tolerance for that which we know little about.
March 14 – April 23, 2010
HPU Annual Exhibition
An exhibition of artwork in various media by artists from the HPU community, including HPU’s talented students.
May 2 – July 16, 2010
Feldman-Modavi Flora, Fauna and Fungi
Two professional women have found their passion in art. While both seek to express the exquisiteness of the natural world, their photographic interpretations are diametrically opposed. Modavi’s photographs are vivid and strong, contemplating the beauty and intimate essence of flowers and animals. Feldman’s work on the other hand is ethereal, exploring and finding otherworldly splendor and loveliness in mold, grunge and pond scum.
July 25 – September 17, 2010
Bundit Kanisthakon Diminishing Dimensions
His ongoing work, whether in art or architecture, has been an exploration on the different dimensions of space. Bundit’s thought process focuses on blurring, recognizing, questioning, and defining these various dimensions and raise the awareness on how they can be portrayed through our perception and experience of space.
The Hawai‘i Pacific University Art Gallery is located on HPU’s windward Hawai‘i Loa campus, 45-045 Kamehameha Highway, in Kaneohe. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Admission is free and the public is invited. For more information call 236-5853.
