University Of Hawai'i - COMING ART EXHIBITIONS & Binding & Looping: Transfer of Presence in Contemporary Pacific Art Exhibit

ART EXHIBITION:

Binding & Looping: Transfer of Presence in Contemporary Pacific Art

October 5 -- December 5, 2014

University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery

Binding & Looping: Transfer of Presence in Contemporary Pacific Art brings together artists from Hawai‘i and the Pacific for whom fiber and concepts of binding are both a respected tradition and an inspiration for contemporary art. In their individual ways, these artists consider their indigenous binding and looping customs and at the same time incorporate different media to create new works in sculpture, printmaking, photography, painting, and video. The exhibition includes work by artists from Aotearoa/New Zealand, Cook Islands, Hawai‘i, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tonga.

The artists include: Bernice Akamine, Maile Andrade, Kaili Chun, Brett Graham, Patsy Herman, Angelina Jilak, Florence Jaukae, Noelle Kahanu, Cathy Kata, Maria Kenda, Kapulani Landgraf, Marques Marzan, Moana Nepia, Ani O'Neill, Su‘a Sulu‘ape Petelo Alaiva‘a, Lisa Reihana, Filipe Tohi, Maika‘i Tubbs, Michel Tuffery, Sheyne Tuffery, Christina Wirihana.

Deborah Waite, Curator

Deborah Waite, professor of art history at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, specializes in art of Africa and the Pacific with a focus on the Solomon Islands. Her publication history includes Solomon Islands Art: The Conru Collection, Artefacts from the Julius Brenchley Collection, and Art of the Solomon Islands: from the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum. Her manuscript Framing Shields in the Solomon Islands: Reiteration and Translation has been submitted for publication.

ART EXHIBITION:

ARTSPEAK / LANGUAGE OF CREATIVITY

October 5 -- 31, 2014

UHM Commons Gallery

This exhibition aims to stimulate discussion among Pacific Island artists about the different languages, vocabulary and concepts they use to articulate contemporary creative practice. Transformed into a communication hub for live, recorded and interactive elements, the gallery includes a video installation with flat-screen monitors and wifi Internet connection, live and recorded conversations from selected participants across the Pacific, alongside original videographic artwork and documentaries. This exhibition is curated by Moana Nepia, assistant professor, UHM Center for Pacific Islands Studies.

PUBLIC EVENTS

All events are free and open to the public.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

ART Auditorium

1 -- 2 pm, Presentation

Moana Nepia and Deborah Waite (exhibition curator and Professor of Pacific Art History)

University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery

2 -- 2:30 pm, Opening ceremony and formal blessing

3 -- 4 pm, Music and dance by Keali‘i Gora and Ka Lei Pāpahi

3 -- 5 pm, Reception

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery

1:30 -- 3 pm, Gallery walk-through with artists Moana Nepia (Aotearoa/New Zealand),

Lisa Reihana (Aotearoa/New Zealand), and Filipe Tohi (Tonga)

3 -- 4 pm, Reception

Thursday, October 9, 2014

ART Auditorium

5:15 -- 5:50 pm, Reception

6 -- 7:30 pm, Public lecture: Video in Contemporary Pacific Art

Lisa Reihana, Intersections Visiting Artist

A schedule will be posted soon on Binding & Looping with additional:

--Gallery walk-throughs with more artists

--Screenings of ‘Oiwi TV's Nā Loea: The Masters, an original film series

--Screening of E Haku Inoa: To Weave a Name, and Q & A with filmmaker Christen Marquez

--and more.

CONTACT: Sharon Tasaka, Associate Director;

(808) 956-6888; gallery@hawaii.edu

SPONSORS: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa's Department of Art + Art History, College of Arts + Humanities, Intersections Visiting Artist + Scholar Program; Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i and by the National Endowment for the Arts; and supported by Waikiki Parc Hotel -- Hospitality Sponsor for the Arts at UH Mānoa; Student Activity and Program Fee Board; Center for Pacific Island Studies; Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies; Pacific Islanders in Communication; ‘Ōiwi TV

ADDRESS, HOURS, + ADMISSION:

University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery

2535 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu (UH Mānoa campus)

Mon. -- Fri. 10 am -- 4 pm; Sun. 12 -- 4 pm

Closed: Saturdays; Election Day, Nov. 4; Veterans Day, Nov. 11; Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27; non-instructional day, Nov. 28.

Special hours Sunday, Oct. 5, 2:00 -- 5:00 p.m.

Free admission. Donations are appreciated.

Parking fees may apply.

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