University Of Hawai'i - Fragments & Empire: Cambodian Art from the Angkor Period

ART EXHIBITION: Fragments & Empire: Cambodian Art from the Angkor Period

March 6 -- May 6, 2016

John Young Museum of Art, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Fragments & Empire highlights and brings together for the first time the collection of Cambodian (or Khmer) art from the John Young Museum of Art (JYMA) and a significant portion of John Young's collection from the Honolulu Museum of Art (HMA). Reuniting Young's collection offers a valuable opportunity to experience the rich tradition of the Angkor period, typically regarded as the Cambodian "Golden Age," because it was an apex of Khmer political power, and to study these historical works in their cultural and historical contexts. Twenty-four artworks from the JYMA and eleven digital images from the HMA are featured. The digital images will be viewable on electronic tablets. The exhibition includes examples of sandstone architectural fragments, ceremonial bronzes, and stoneware vessels associated with the styles of the imperial capital.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

All events are free and open to the public.

Location for all events: John Young Museum of Art, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Sunday, March 6, 2016

1:00 p.m. -- 4:00 p.m. Opening reception

1:30 p.m. -- 2:00 p.m. Gallery walk-through with Kristin Remington, curator,

Fragments & Empire

Friday, March 11, 2016

11:00 a.m. -- 12:30 p.m. Lecture: A Heritage of Ruins: The Ancient Sites of Southeast Asia and Their Conservation, by Dr. William R. Chapman, Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation and Professor, Department of American Studies, UHM

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

1:30 p.m. -- 3:00 p.m. Film Screening & Discussion: Phnom Penh, Rescue Archaeology: The Body and the Lens in the City

Discussion to follow by Dr. Jaimey Hamilton Faris, Associate Professor of Art History and Critical Theory, UHM, and Dr. Paul Lavy, Associate Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art History, UHM

Sunday, April 10, 2016

1:00 p.m. -- 2:30 p.m. Panel Discussion: John Young, Artist as Collector, with Roger Bellinger, Co-Founder of the John Young Foundation and Victor Kobayashi, Professor Emeritus and Founding Dean of Outreach College, UHM

ABOUT JOHN YOUNG'S COLLECTION:

John Chin Young (1901--1997) was a self-taught artist and a permanent resident of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Throughout his career, Young produced a wealth of paintings and watercolors that provided him with the means to collect art, particularly the art of Asia and the Pacific. The artwork he collected once filled his home and garden nestled on the slopes of Diamond Head. Between 1991--1992, Young donated a significant portion of his collection to the Honolulu Academy of Arts (now the Honolulu Museum of Art) and in 1998 a small portion of his collection to the John Young Museum of Art at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Included in these donations was his substantial collection of Cambodian (or Khmer) art, now divided between both museums.

CURATOR OF THE EXHIBITION:

Kristin Remington is a third-year MA candidate specializing in the art of Southeast Asia and Cambodia's Angkor period. She is also obtaining her graduate certificate in Museum Studies. Remington is the first art history graduate student in the Department of Art and Art History to curate an exhibition as an integral component of her MA thesis in South and Southeast Asian art history.

SPONSORS:

John Young Museum of Art, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Honolulu Museum of Art

Department of Art + Art History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Student Activity and Program Fee Board, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

ADDRESS, HOURS, ADMISSION:

John Young Museum of Art, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

2500 Dole Street, Honolulu (UH Mānoa campus)

Mon. -- Fri. 1:00 p.m. -- 4:00 p.m. or by appointment

Closed: Sat. -- Sun.; Spring Break, Mar. 21--24; Prince Kūhiō Day & Good Friday, Mar. 25.

Free admission. Donations are appreciated. Parking fees may apply.

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