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The LAB Gallery  15 June – 5 September 2023 My visit to Katherine Sankey’s current exhibition at The LAB Gallery was filtered through the experience of having just had surgery on a broken wrist, shaping the encounter in ways that pivoted around a heightened awareness of the importance of care. When a person, or planet, is vulnerable, care is an often-unspoken need. A form of connection, it shows willingness to pay attention in the interest of doing right by someone or something. The presented works, all created this year, pay attention to the impacts – infinitesimal to infinite – of mid-twentieth-century atomic-bomb testing and deployment. Drawing on the writings of…

ʻO Triskel Arts Center 15 Iulai - 30 Kepakemapa 2023 Hoʻokomo ʻia kahi trowel ma luna o kahi pepa melemele ʻeleʻele, ʻoiai ʻo ka leo leo-o-ʻoiaʻiʻo e kuhikuhi i ke koʻikoʻi o ke kūkulu ʻana a waiho i kekahi mea no ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ma ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ka ʻōlelo hoʻohālike mahiʻai (no ke kanu ʻana a me ka ʻohi ʻana), ua kau ʻia ka manaʻo o ke kūkulu ʻana ma ʻaneʻi e like me ka mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka makemake e hoʻomau - inā ʻoe e nānā i hope i kou ola a ʻike ʻole, "ʻaʻole ʻoe e loaʻa ka ikaika e kūkulu i kekahi mea. ʻē aʻe. Hāpai ka lima e kiʻi i ka mea hana, ʻoiai ʻo Lô Borges's Eu Sou Como Você É, i hoʻokuʻu mua ʻia ma kāna album nona iho o 1972, e pāʻani ana ma hope. ʻO nā mele,…

ʻO Saldanha Gallery, Artlink, Fort Dunree 24 Iune - 23 Iulai 2023 E like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia e ka mea kākau ʻAmelika, ʻo Ray Bradbury, i kāna moʻolelo dystopian, Fahrenheit 451: "ʻAʻole pono mākou e waiho wale ʻia. Pono mākou e hoʻopilikia maoli i kekahi manawa. Pehea ka lōʻihi o kou pilikia maoli? E pili ana i kekahi mea nui, e pili ana i kekahi mea maoli?” 1 Inā mākou e noʻonoʻo nei i ka wā e hiki mai ana, hāʻawi ia i kahi manaʻo hōʻoluʻolu a i ʻole ka weliweli e like me nā mea o ka Science Fiction? ʻO ka nānā pono ʻana i kahi pilikia e like me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau me he mea lā ʻaʻole i hoʻopuka i nā haʻawina e pilikia ai ke kaiāulu; pono e lawe i kahi oblique hou aku…

Ma nā lumi papa ma nā wahi a pau, koi ʻia nā kumu makemakika i nā haumāna e 'hōʻike i kā lākou hana.' ʻAʻohe pilikia, ʻo ka haʻi ʻana i kāu 'hana hana' pono. Ma nā ʻano like ʻole o nā kiʻi ʻike maka, i hōʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano o Galway International Arts Festival i kēia Iulai, he kūpaʻa i ka haʻi ʻana a i ʻole hōʻike 'ike' ma o ka nānā ʻana i nā hana, nā kaʻina hana, a me nā wahi i hoʻohui ʻia i nā ʻano hōʻike like ʻole. ʻOiai ʻo ka hōʻike ʻana i kāu hana ma ka makemakika he mea ia e hōʻoia ai i ka pane, ʻo ka ʻike maopopo i hāʻawi ʻia i ka poʻe i kēia mau hōʻikeʻike i hana ʻia ma ke ʻano he kono lokomaikaʻi e komo hou i nā kaʻina hana noʻeau, nā wahi maʻamau, nā mea, a me nā mana ʻike ʻole e hoʻohālike i ko mākou ʻike o ka honua. Ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻana i nā pane paʻa, ua hāpai kēia mau hōʻike…

Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo ʻIlani no kēia manawa 24 Malaki – 3 Kepakemapa 2023 ʻIke wau iā Sarah Pierce. ʻIke au iā ia ma ke ʻano he hoaaloha, mea pena, mea hoʻokani, hoa hana, mea komo, kumu, curator, mea kākau, a me ka malihini ʻaina ahiahi. Akā ʻike wau iā ia ʻo 'The Metropolitan Complex'. ʻO kēia pseudonym, a i ʻole hui proxy, pehea ʻo ia i ulu ai i ka mea pena kiʻi ʻo Sarah Pierce, ma hope o ka hana mua ʻana ma ʻaneʻi i nā hana kiʻi a ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokele hope loa ma Arthouse ma Temple Bar. Noʻu, he moʻolelo kumu kēia no nā hoʻonohonoho 12 i hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo 'Scene of the Myth', ka mea e hakakā nei me nā manaʻo o ka mea pena a me ka hana kiʻi i loko o ka hale hōʻikeʻike ma kahi o nā kakini ākea ākea. Aia…

ʻO ke kino i ke kiʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a hoʻopaʻapaʻa pinepine ʻia, no nā millennia. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona mōʻaukala kiʻi i hoʻohanohano ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia, ʻo ia ka mea i hōʻike pinepine ʻia ke kino o kekahi e kahi mea pena i ʻoi aku ka mana ma mua o ko lākou noho ʻana, pinepine no ka mea mālama i ʻoi aku ka mana ma mua o nā mea ʻelua. Akā, loli nā ʻano hana, a ʻo nā pōʻaiapili i hana ʻia a hoʻopau ʻia hoʻi. I ka makahiki 2018, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Crawford Art Gallery ma Cork i kahi kamaʻilio ʻike e pili ana i nā kino a me ka canon o Irish art me ka hōʻikeʻike, 'Naked Truth', cured by Dawn Williams and William Laffan. ʻElima mau makahiki ma hope, 'Bodywork', curated e Williams…

Mai kona ʻike mua ʻia ʻana ma ka palapala Buddhist, ʻo ka ʻōlelo nane o ʻekolu mau makapō e wehewehe ana i kahi elepani, kēlā me kēia mai ko lākou ʻike ponoʻī liʻiliʻi, e hōʻike ana i ka hiki ʻole o ke kanaka ke ʻike i ke kiʻi nui. ʻO ka ʻelepani ʻo Covid-19 a ua paʻa kona hopena i ka amorphous, ʻo ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e wehewehe ua hana i nā ʻāpana i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā, me nā hana o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻike holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka hōʻike hōʻikeʻike hou a Dorje de Burgh, 'Under the Same Sky' ma South Tipperary Arts Center (STAC), i hōʻike ʻia i kahi hoʻonohonoho o nā kiʻi ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo he 50 (ka hapa nui) - nā kiʻi o ke kūlanakauhale, kona poʻe, a me nā mea a puni, e pili pono ana…

Kakau lima lima a me ka nui o ka nui, e pili ana kela me keia paneli 46 x 61 knm o Ellen Harvey i kahi a me ka manawa. Noho ʻia nā paia ʻelua o ka hale kiʻi, kahi hana nui, The Disappointed Tourist (2019-2023), hāʻawi i kona inoa i ka hōʻike holoʻokoʻa. Me ka ʻoi aku o 260 mau kiʻi i hoʻopaʻa pono ʻia o nā pūnaewele - mai ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Atlantis i nalowale a hiki i kahi B&B kahiko ma 1970s liʻiliʻi ʻo Ireland - ʻo kēia pūʻulu kahi e hoʻomaka ai a pau ka hōʻike. Ma ke kiʻi kiʻi a kiʻi ʻāina paha, e kau ana nā kiʻi pena a Harvey ma nā lālani maikaʻi, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻaila a me nā acrylics. Ma mua o ka hōʻikeʻike, ua hana ka mea pena kiʻi i kahi kelepona i…

Hōʻike ʻia kahi aka hele; ʻo ka ʻehu o ka noe ma luna o ka muliwai ʻo Garavogue e hoʻolei ana i nā nalu maʻemaʻe ma ka hiʻohiʻona o ka puka aniani, hoʻolei ʻia ma luna o ka pā hale kiʻi ma kahi ʻoi. ʻO ke ʻano o nā puka aniani ʻeleʻele ma luna o ka palaoa o ka papahele lāʻau a me ka limestone o Drain (2022). ʻO ka ʻālohilohi o ka lā e ʻohi i ka melemele ma Shelf (2022) a aia kahi ʻālohilohi e pili ana iā ia. ʻO Niamh O'Malley's, 'Gather' ma The Model in Sligo, nā hana kiʻi kiʻi i hōʻike mua ʻia ma ka Irish Pavilion no ka Venice Biennale i ka makahiki i hala. ʻO kāna hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka kikoʻī o ka pūnaewele a me nā kuhikuhi ʻana i ke kaiapuni kūloko e hoʻokau i ka hōʻike ma Venice a me ke komohana o Ireland. Na…