Hoohewahewa | Olivia O'Dwyer, 'HomeBird' 

Kevin Kavanagh

11 Ianuali - 3 Fepuari 2024

Hoʻonoho ʻia ma ka pā e kū ana i ka puka, I ke kakahiaka (2023) lawe i koʻu manaʻo, i ke komo ʻana i ka hōʻikeʻike o Olivia O'Dwyer. E paʻa ana i loko o ia ka manaʻo binary i hoʻopuni ʻia i loko o nā hana i hōʻike ʻia, ua hōʻike ʻia ke kiʻi pena i kahi kiʻi ʻaʻahu ʻaʻahu e moe ana ma luna o kahi ʻāpana keʻokeʻo. Hōʻike ka hiʻohiʻona i ka hoʻi ʻana i kahi moe, ma hope paha o ka haʻalele ʻana o nā keiki, akā naʻe e lana ana kona mau ʻaʻahu ʻaʻahu, me he mea lā ua mākaukau no ke kūʻokoʻa. 

He 13 mau hana hou ma ka hōʻikeʻike, ʻo nā pena aila a pau i hana ʻia i ka makahiki i hala. Rumi malihini (2023) hoʻonui i ka moʻolelo pūnana kaʻawale, ke poʻo inoa e hoʻololi ana i ka mea i ʻike mua ʻia ma ke ʻano he lumi moe o kahi keikikāne i nā kala kumu. Makuahine Huna (2023) ʻike i ka noho ʻana o ka makuahine he mea pono ʻole a uhi ʻia e like me nā lako. In e kali ana (2023), kahi poʻo i ʻoki ʻia e ka monolith ʻeleʻele o ka puka a i ʻole ka pale e kali nui ana i ka hoʻi ʻana. Hoʻopaʻa ʻo 'HomeBird' i nā lā maʻamau e hoʻi hou ana, kēlā me kēia - ʻoi aku ka nui o ke ola mehameha o ka mea pena. 

ʻO ke ʻano pena kiʻi o O'Dwyer he paʻi paʻi kiʻi o nā mea kiʻi kiʻi a me nā mea hoʻokaʻawale; ʻōlelo ʻo ia iā Philip Guston a me ka mea pena Denemaka ʻo Tal R ma ke ʻano he mana. ʻO ke kiʻi wikiwiki a mākaukau o ka mea pena e hoʻomanaʻo mai iaʻu i ke ʻano o kona makuakāne i hala ʻaʻole wale ma ke ʻano he mea pena akā he mea kākau inoa. He ʻano ʻōlelo ia: "E nānā i ka moʻolelo aʻu e haʻi nei." E nana pono aku, a aia kahi pena pena; ke hōʻikeʻike ʻia nei ka hana o ka pena pena, ʻānai ʻia i hope e hōʻike i ke kāwele, hana i ke ʻano o ke kāpeti a i ʻole. Mea hoʻololi II (2023), hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka lewa a puni ke kiʻi. Hana ʻia nā ʻāpana o ka impasto mānoanoa a hiki i ka ʻālohilohi; ʻike ʻia nā pulupulu ʻike ʻia he keʻa a hoʻopili ʻia paha e hana i nā ʻano lole, a i ʻole e kuhikuhi pinepine i ka lauoho o kahi kiʻi. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka lole moe ma ka ʻaoʻao like me he mea lā e hōʻike ana i ka hana hou o kā lākou hana ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā. Ua kaupalena ʻia ka papa waihoʻoluʻu o ka mea pena; ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo, hina, lāʻau lapaʻau-ʻulaʻula, a me ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻiʻo homogeneous predominate. 

Hōʻike pinepine ʻia ke kiʻi ma kahi ʻāpana a huli ʻia paha - nā wāwae, ka hoʻonui ʻana o nā kuli, ma nā ʻāpana ʻelua maʻalahi (ʻo kaʻu mau memo e hōʻike nei "nā wāwae e like me ke kaula cheese"). Eia naʻe, lawa ke kino e ʻōlelo ai, eia ke kanaka, a lawa ka mea ʻike ʻia e ʻike ai ʻo ia ka mea pena. Hoʻopili ʻia nā poses i nā mea waiwai o ke kiʻi, e pane ana i ka makemake no ka neʻe ʻana a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kēia manawa, pinepine me ka ʻakaʻaka. In Kiʻi ʻĀina a me kekahi mea ʻē aʻe (2023), hopu ʻia ke kiʻi i ka lewa me he mea lā i waena o ka lele. In Hoʻololi ʻo ShapeShifter I (2023) a me ka Bedhead II (2023), ʻo nā lālā i waho o ka moena ma nā kihi. Hoʻololi ʻano II (2023) hiʻona i ke kino levitating, oiai Triangle of Sadness (2023) hōʻike i ke kiʻi i hana i kahi yoga pose.

ʻOiai he mea kūpono ke aʻo ʻana o ka mea pena iā lākou iho - ʻo lākou ke kino i loaʻa loa - ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o kēia manaʻo. He mehameha ka nana ia. ʻO ka noho kaʻawale, ʻokoʻa mai ka mehameha a me ka noho kaʻawale ʻana, ʻo ia ka ʻapo ʻana i ka mehameha a me ka nānā ʻana i kona alo ponoʻī ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO kahi paʻakikī hou aʻe i hoʻohenehene ʻia i loko o kēia hana ʻo ia ka wahine - e hoʻopili ana i nā manaʻolana o ke kaiāulu e loaʻa iā mākou ke kuleana nui no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe - a me kahi 'ethics of care' kiʻekiʻe e hoʻopili i ko mākou ʻike a me ko mākou pilina, e hopena i nā palena pohihihi a me nā mea hou aku. manaʻo porous iā ʻoe iho. No laila, ʻo ka noho kaʻawale ʻana no ka wahine, he manaʻo paʻakikī ia: e haʻalele i nā pilina o waho a lanakila i nā loina pilikanaka e nānā i ko mākou noho mehameha. Ke hoʻokō ʻia, ʻo ka neʻe ʻana ma waho o ka nānā ʻana i ke kāne maʻamau e hāʻawi i kahi hoʻomaha mai ka hana hana a hoʻoneʻe i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻike pilikino. Ma o ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana i ke ola kino, lilo ʻo ia i kino nona iho. 

ʻO ka loaʻa ʻole o nā pilina kanaka ma kahi mehameha kekahi e hoʻoulu ai i ka pilina hohonu me ko mākou puni a me nā mea ʻole kanaka - kahi ʻano mea e hiki ai i nā mea ke manaʻo i ka wā e noho wale ana. Ma ka 'HomeBird', ua like ke kumu mua o nā lako a me nā textiles me ke kiʻi. ʻO kēia ka lua o O'Dwyer ma Kevin Kavanagh, ʻo ia ka 'A Mind's Eye' (18 ʻOkakopa - 13 Nowemapa 2022), he hōʻikeʻike pūnaewele, e like me ke koi ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi honua - ko mākou ʻike kaʻawale. ʻOiai ʻo 'HomeBird' ka ʻimi ʻana a O'Dwyer i ke ʻano o ka noho kaʻawale, ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma mua o ke kanaka i ka noho mehameha, ke kino no ia iho, a me ka nānā mehameha - nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka ʻike wahine i nānā ʻole ʻia a ʻike ʻole ʻia.

He mea pena kiʻi ʻo Neva Elliott ma Dublin. 

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