University Of Hawai'i Art Gallery - Art Exhibit: Earth, Sky, Time, Light, Space: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby & Coming Events

ART EXHIBITION:

Earth, Sky, Time, Light, Space: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby

January 17 -- February 17, 2017

The Art Gallery at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Art Building

ARTIST STATEMENT:

Earth, sky, time, light, space: my work is a meditation on the relationship between mind and matter.

EXHIBITION SUMMARY:

The exhibition Earth, Sky, Time, Light, Space: The Ceramic Art of Wayne Higby highlights the diverse work by esteemed and internationally-recognized contemporary ceramics artist Wayne Higby. Inspired by the American landscape, Higby has created innovative vessels, sculpture, and architectural installations. Higby has been acclaimed as a living legend and visionary of the American Crafts Movement by the American Craft Museum. He is the Intersections Visiting Artist at the Department of Art + Art History, UH Mānoa, for spring 2017.

Higby will be in Honolulu to give his lecture, Light Falling on Grass, which was previously presented to a sold-out crowd at George Washington University. He will discuss and explore how his innovative works use landscape imagery as a focal point for contemplation and reflection.

The exhibition is being held in partnership with Hawai‘i Craftsmen, in celebration of its 50th anniversary.

SPECIAL EVENTS: All events are free and open to the public.

Tuesday, Feb. 7:

1:00 -- 2:00 p.m., Gallery walk-through with Wayne Higby, The Art Gallery.

Thursday, Feb. 9:

3:30 -- 4:30 p.m., Reception, The Art Gallery.

4:30 -- 5:30 p.m., Light Falling on Grass, a public lecture by Wayne Higby, Art Building, Room 101.

ARTIST INFO:

Wayne Higby is a ceramic artist and educator. His unique vision of the American landscape and its manifestation in work ranging from vessel form to tile, sculpture and architectural installation has brought him international recognition. His work is held in the permanent collections of numerous art museums around the world including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. He is a professor and the Robert C. Turner Chair of Ceramic Art at the New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, where he has also served as Chair of the Division of Ceramic Art. A major book on Wayne Higby's work and his project EarthCloud--the largest hand cut porcelain, architectural installation in the world--has recently been published by Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, Germany.

SPONSORS: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa's Department of Art + Art History and College of Arts + Humanities; Intersections Visiting Artist + Scholar Program; Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawai‘i and by the National Endowment for the Arts; and supported by Waikiki Parc Hotel -- Hospitality Sponsor for the Arts at UH Mānoa; Student Activity and Program Fee Board, UHM; and anonymous donors.

ADDRESS, HOURS, + ADMISSION:

The Art Gallery at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

2535 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu (UH Mānoa campus)

Mon. -- Fri. 10:00 a.m. -- 4:00 p.m.; Sun. 12:00 -- 4:00 p.m.

Closed: Saturdays.

Free admission. Donations are appreciated.

Parking fees may apply.

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