{"id":33942,"date":"2015-04-29T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=33942"},"modified":"2021-09-14T14:57:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T00:57:20","slug":"galleryhnl-showcases-uh-manoa-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/04\/29\/galleryhnl-showcases-uh-manoa-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"GalleryHNL showcases UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa artists"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Kalama 2<\/em> by Mary Babcock, made of reclaimed nets and fishing lines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A partnership between Mark and Carolyn Blackburn and the Department of Art and Art History<\/a> at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a>, GalleryHNL<\/abbr><\/a> announces their inaugural exhibition showcasing recent works by four talented Honolulu artists from the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa art department—Mary Babcock<\/strong>, Theresa Heinrich<\/strong>, Jonathan Swans<\/strong> and Tom Walker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The gallery will hold an opening reception on Saturday, May 2 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Gentry Pacific Design Center.<\/p>\n

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Aura Spindle<\/em> by Jonathan Swanz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About the artists<\/h2>\n

Mary Babcock<\/strong><\/p>\n

Babcock is an associate professor for UH<\/abbr> Mānoa’s Department of Art and Art History. Mending is a central theme in Babcock’s work, both as an actual reparative action and as a metaphor for personal and social change. Her Salvaged Net Series, Hydrophilia<\/em>, a key example of this approach, is a collection of large scale tapestries created from discarded fishing nets, ropes and line collected from rivers and seas across the Pacific and Pacific Rim.<\/p>\n

Theresa Heinrich<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heinrich is an undergraduate student completing her BFA<\/abbr> this spring at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa. Her work focuses on ceramic sculptures using the self-proclaimed approach of maximalism, where more is more, is more. Heinrich layers and combines a myriad of elements drawn equally from popular culture, kitsch, religious and mythological iconography.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Swans<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swanz received his MFA<\/abbr> from UH<\/abbr> Mānoa in 2013 and is currently a lecturer in glass and ceramics. He is a glass artist who is equally at home in the practice of decorative and contemporary art. His recent series, Tropical Abstract<\/em>, is a collection inspired by Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s ocean, flora and fauna, crafted using traditional Italian, Swedish and Dutch glass techniques.<\/p>\n

Tom Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n

Walker is currently completing his MFA<\/abbr> at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa. Having grown up in Europe, his exposure to German metaphysics has been a driving force behind his work and he continues to find avenues between philosophy and art-making. Sequence<\/em> is Walker’s most recent series of acrylic paintings utilizing chromostereopsis, a phenomenon in optics that can only occur on a flat surface and gives the illusion of depth through unique chromatic relationships.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the GalleryHNL<\/abbr> website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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