Honolulu Academy of Arts Blog
A question that comes up every once in a while is the definition of “Asia.” I think some people might only consider East Asia as “Asia” and forget to include West Asia. That’s why it’s excellent that Ala Ebtekar is one of the artists in “One Way or Another.” He is one of [...]
Who is this guy anyway? Based in San Francisco, CA, Michael Arcega is an interdisciplinary artist creating primarily sculpture and installation based art. You may remember Michael from his SPAM/MAPS project, which was part of The Contemporary Museum’s 2006 “Alimatuan: The Emerging Artists as American Filipino” exhibition (that’s his “SPAM/MAPS,” below).
Michael will be in Honolulu [...]
“Shu: Reinventing Books in Chinese Contemporary Art” will be such an exciting show. Included in the exhibition is work by Cai Guo-Qiang. Something that has been perking my interest is all the media flutter around him. The Feb. 25 issue of The New Yorker had a review of his installation “I Want to Believe at [...]
Mika Tajima, one of the performance-based artists in “One Way or Another,” will be at the Academy for the opening reception. Her work, “Extruded Plaid (Suicidal Desires),” combines installation and performance. At the other venues, the performance based component could only be seen as a looping DVD. We have the unique opportunity to have her [...]
Artist Jean Shin is doing a site-specific installation for “One Way or Another,” opening June 18. For her work she is using sweaters from Oahu’s Asian community. I put the call out, collected them—that’s the bagfuls of wooly wear above—and today I ship them off to Jean. Thanks to all of you who donated sweaters!
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