“A-ha,” an art exhibit presenting the work of six Hawai‘i artists opens with a reception at 6 p.m. Saturday at Galerie 103 in Kukui‘ula Village. Curated by Inger Tully, curator for the Contemporary Museum in Honolulu, the show features the
“A-ha,” an art exhibit presenting the work of six Hawai‘i artists opens with a reception at 6 p.m. Saturday at Galerie 103 in Kukui‘ula Village.
Curated by Inger Tully, curator for the Contemporary Museum in Honolulu, the show features the works of Eli Baxter, Jaisy Hanlon, Vince Hazen, Ryan Higa, Wendy Kawabata and Christopher Reiner.
Utilizing unusual materials and processes to create their pieces, the artists’ choice of media is specific to their underlying concept. The resulting works in two and three dimensions are, as the title suggests, an “a-ha” moment both surprising and unexpected.
In reference to his piece “A Vessel’s…Vessel, Vessel” artist Christopher Reiner said, “Sailing is a metaphor for life. We sail our own vessels, making adjustments along the way, to what life (the wind and the seas) throws at us. With never two moments the same, a ceaseless metamorphosis, life is one continuous but changing pattern.”
Reviewing the gallery’s last exhibit, “An Affair in the Islands,” Honolulu Advertiser reporter Jaimey Hamilton wrote, “Galerie 103 rises above the tourist art galleries that proliferate on the islands… “How? By conceiving of a space that combines the best of local talent with international artists in spare, smart shows that challenge the notion of regionalism that has preoccupied Hawai’i artists, gallerists and collectors for so long.”
