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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
UNIVERSITY ART GALLERIES:
The Art Gallery, Commons Gallery,
and the John Young Museum of Art
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I AT MĀNOA

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Three Opening Receptions
Date: Sunday, September 1, 2024 from 2:00 4:00 PM
Locations: The Art Gallery, John Young Museum of Art, and Commons Gallery, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM)
 


John Young, His Life and Work
 
Reception
Date: Sunday, September 1, 2024 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: John Young Museum of Art, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM)


When I met John in 1971, I was not meeting someone locked into a vision of complacency, but rather an individual who was continually seeking the uncertainties and newness of the moment.

– Nathan Oliveira

John Young: A Retrospective (Honolulu Academy of Art, 1996)

On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the John Young Museum of Art,
John Young, His Life and Work celebrates the joie de vivre, complexity and power of Young’s work. John Young produced a range of art pieces that deftly demonstrates both experimentation and engagement with critical art movements of his time. John Young was constantly curious and evolving as an artist, pushing the boundaries of what was possible in paint.


Tribute to Satoru
Reception
Date: Sunday, September 1, 2024 from 2:00 4:00 PM
Location: Commons, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM)

The work of Satoru Abe has always had a powerful impact on my sense of design as a native artist. It is as if the islands below and the heavens above had found, through Mr. Abe, a new voice with which to communicate to our contemporary world. His forms are visually delicious, and just enough to leave one’s soul full and content.

– Solomon Enos
Satoru Abe’s generous mentorship has impacted generations of some of the most significant artists in Hawai’i. Exhibition includes Kahi Ching, Kaili Chun, Solomon Enos, John Koga, Roland Longstreet, Mary Mitsuda, Kamran Samimi, Lawrence Seward, Juvana Soliven, Jerry Vasconcellos, and Debbie Young.



Satoru Abe: 100 New Paintings
ReceptionDate: Sunday, September 1, 2024 from 2:00 4:00 PM
Location: The Art Gallery, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM)
 
I wanted to paint something that I had never painted before. With no preconceived concepts, sketches or notions in mind, I started my first blank canvas with just a palette of oil paints.
– Satoru Abe, May, 2024
Satoru Abe (b. 1926) is one of the most significant artists in the history of Hawai‘i. In his 90s, he has been remarkably prolific and exploratory, producing 318 paintings since 2019. Satoru Abe: 100 New Paintings features 100 of these dynamic new works. The paintings demonstrate Abe’s on-going commitment to abstraction, and the unique sense of form that can be seen in his sculpture. Lyric colors and poetic forms are inspired by the natural world. He combines gestural abstraction with hard-edged boundaries, creating dynamic surface tension and depth. While his language of abstract themes creates a formal continuity, each piece is original and unique.

The Art Gallery, Commons, John Young Museum of Art  Address, Hours, Admission:
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2535 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96822 (UH Mānoa campus)Tue. – Fri, & Sun. 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Free admission

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