ThirtyNineHotel Exhibit: Stay Sweet - Featuring Kirsten Rae Simonsen

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ThirtyNineHotel Exhibit: Stay Sweet - Featuring Kirsten Rae Simonsen
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Type: Art Exhibition
Date: Friday - 8/6/2010
Time: 6-9pm
Location:
thirtyninehotel
39 North Hotel St, 2nd Flr
Honolulu, HI 96817
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Cost: FREE

Please join us for the opening reception of our new exhibition at thirtyninehotel:

Stay Sweet

Site specific mixed-media installation

by Kirsten Rae Simonsen

Exhibition Dates: July 2-August 21 2010

Earlier in the evening, frequent Tahiti Rey sideman Kamuela takes the stage for a semi-solo gig, this time with Tahiti in support. 5:00-7:00pm

CHICAGO BORN LOCAL ARTIST
CREATES BEAUTY THROUGH NOSTALGIA WHILE PORTRAYING DECADENCE AND DISCONTENT

ART EXHIBITION: Stay Sweet: A
Site-specific mixed-media exhibition by Kirsten Rae Simonsen OPENING
RECEPTION: Friday, July 2, 4-8 PM EXHIBITION DATES: July 2-August 21,
2010

HONOLULU, HAWAI’I-thirtyninehotel
announces the opening of a new exhibition of muralsand installations by local
artist and educator Kirsten Rae Simonsen.

At the root of thirtyninehotelʼs mission
is art and music. Founded by creative visionariesand actively directed by
21st-century bohemians, thirtyninehotel continues to support thearts by offering
preeminent DJs and visual artists the opportunity to experiment with their craft
and providing the local arts community with the chance to connect with artists
whoare practicing and exhibiting their work internationally.

In her debut solo exhibition at
thirtyninehotel, Chicago born local artist Kirsten RaeSimonsen explores concepts
of transgression and debasement, nostalgia and hope, thesadness of the suburbs,
the disappointing party, and the fear of (and desire for) theunknown. She
returns over and over again to the theme of spoiled party girls of all ages.

Most of the personalities in this exhibition
are based to some extent on thefemale characters in the “reality”
television show The Hills. The show portrays wealthy,spoiled, and
decadent adult women acting mostly like little girls, airing their discontentsin
front of mostly blurred Los Angeles backgrounds. There is little meaningful
dialogue,but many lengthy reaction shots involving pouting, nostril flaring, and
crying in luxurioussurroundings.

Much of Ms. Simonsenʼs work incorporates
drawn text, which at first often reads asmundane, bland, even saccharine
pleasantries. However, a sense of longing andsadness pervades these writings.
The text pieces in this exhibition are all frominscriptions in her high school
yearbooks. She grew up in the suburbs of middle America,and the writings capture
the desire of young people to hold onto anything they perceiveas authentic,
meaningful, or good. They expose feelings of both admiration and jealousy,as
well hope, fear, and regret.

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ThirtyNineHotel Exhibit: Stay Sweet - Featuring Kirsten Rae Simonsen

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