Delicacy
A collection of photographs by
Knoll + Cella

 An exhibition of recent works entitled, Delicacy, by Klaus Knoll + Cella will open at the HPU Art Gallery on Sunday, January 24 and will run until Friday, March 5, 2010. 

"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 we can't read the signs or labels sparked this project. We 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 we brought them to our 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, we found many of the other's delicacies perplexing. Our 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 foreignness we treasure, a showcase for difference, and an expression of appreciation rather than a tolerance for that which we know little about.”  
- Knoll + Cella

            The Hawai‘i Pacific University Art Gallery is located on HPU’s windward Hawai‘i Loa campus, 45-045 Kamehameha Highway, in Kane‘ohe.  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: 259-3112.