Downtown Art Center First Friday Presents - A PAUL Nagano Solo Retrospective Exhibition, May 5-28, 2023

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Downtown Art Center First Friday Presents - A PAUL Nagano Solo Retrospective Exhibition, May 5-28, 2023
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Date: Friday - 5/5/2023
Time: 5:30 to 8 p.m
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Downtown Art Center
1040 A Nuuana Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaii 96717

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DOWNTOWN ART CENTER PRESENTS A PAUL NAGANO SOLO RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION, MAY 5-28, 2023
Honolulu (May 2023) – Join Downtown Art Center for an 85th birthday retrospective show by veteran Hawaiʻi artist Paul Nagano, from May 5-28, 2023. Paul Nagano: A Retrospective consists of 20 works on display in Downtown Art Center’s second floor Courtyard Gallery, located at 1041 Nuʻuanu Ave in the Chinatown Gateway Plaza building. The exhibition will be on view to the public during regular gallery hours, Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a special Opening Reception on Friday, May 5 from 5:30 - 8 p.m.

Paul Tatsumi Nagano is a painter (he is primarily known for his lush watercolors, but has worked with other media, including acrylics, oils, charcoal and ink drawings), nature photographer and writer. He was born in Honolulu in 1938 and attended Punahou School, then Columbia College in New York, graduating with a BA in English Literature in 1960, before serving in the United States Navy aboard the USS Paul Revere. His time in the military gave him the opportunity to explore ports throughout the Pacific, including Japan, and influenced his decision to become an artist.

After leaving the military, Nagano studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. From 1967 to 1989, he was Art Director of the Pucker/Safrai Gallery on Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts. In the early 1970s, he began to travel annually, finding inspiration in countries like Japan, Italy and Greece. Some of his most notable works, including his later surrealist pieces, done in a style he calls symBALIsm, are inspired by his annual trips to the Indonesian island of Bali, with its lush, tropical landscapes and friendly islanders.

Nagano has shown in Boston, Hawaiʻi and Indonesia, and his works can be found in the permanent collections of the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, and the Neka Museum in Bali.

For more information or to find out the latest events and exhibitions at Downtown Art Center, visit downtownarthi.org.

About the Downtown Art Center (DAC):
Located in the Chinatown Gateway Plaza building at 1041 Nuʻuanu Ave., Second Floor, the nonprofit Downtown Art Center is an evolving gallery and workshop space for Oʻahu's arts scene. DAC strives to become a thriving center for the arts by providing display space for local artists and art organizations, workshop classrooms, performances, and more. Support DAC and help it grow at donorbox.org/downtownartcenter!

Parking for DAC is located at nearby municipal parking lots (onsite at Chinatown Gateway Plaza, parking entrance off Bethel Street) or at Mark's Garage (entrance at 22 S. Pauahi St.). DAC is easily accessible by public transit as well; get directions, routes and timetables at www.thebus.org.
 

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Downtown Art Center First Friday Presents - A PAUL Nagano Solo Retrospective Exhibition, May 5-28, 2023

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