{"id":179861,"date":"2023-07-05T08:17:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=179861"},"modified":"2023-07-05T08:17:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:17:24","slug":"uh-artists-fear-of-the-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/07\/05\/uh-artists-fear-of-the-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> artists explore the ‘Fear of the Unknown’"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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“Storm I and <\/abbr>II” (2002–06), manipulated chromogenic prints by Gaye Chan<\/abbr><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> artists investigate the “Fear of the Unknown” at an exhibit at the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Art Museum<\/a> opening July 7. Art pieces by 14 UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa and UH<\/abbr> Hilo alumni and five pieces from faculty (three of whom are also alumni) from UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, UH<\/abbr> Hilo and Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College will be on display.<\/p>\n

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“MINU GA HANA,” intaglio print by Tiana Honda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Fear of the Unknown” explores enigmatic artworks from the Art in Public Places Collection<\/a> of the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Foundation on Culture and the Arts<\/a>, and some recently added artworks are on display to the public for the first time. The exhibit encourages viewers to “take a closer look and find details that help reveal narratives of exploration, change and discovery.”<\/p>\n

“Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> was the first state in the U.S. to establish a percent-for-art law, by legislatively accessing one percent of the construction cost of new state buildings to fund the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (1965) and the Art in Public Places Program (1967),” said Gaye Chan, associate dean of the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa College of Arts, Languages & Letters, and one of the UH<\/abbr> artists in the exhibit. “It is hard to overstate how these initiatives support and encourage Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> artists to stay the course in a city that has few other resources for artists.”<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> alumni artists<\/h2>\n
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“Atomic Series, Fade Away and Radiate” painting by Russell Sunabe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n