August 30 - September 29, 2013
Chanel Waikiki Boutique
2116 Kalakaua Ave.
- Exhibition Overview Link: http://honolulumuseum.org/art/
- Review by Jaimey Hamilton Faris: http://theoffsetter.com/art-show-at-chanel-is-something-to-write-home-about/
I'm hoping to take some of my students to view this great selection of work showing in the Chanel boutique. Check out the review written by my current mentor, Jaimey Hamilton Faris. A brief quote, Jaimey writes:
"Sponsored by the Honolulu Museum of Art (HMA), organized by John Koga and Allison Wong, and hosted by Chanel, this off-the-beaten track gem features the work of Ashley Bickerton, Paul Pfeiffer, Garnett Puett, and Lawrence Seward. Why do I want you to be there? To see how experienced artists delve into the complexities and nuances of cultural commodification without getting weighed down in parody or righteous critique. Their work, if it employs the clichés of tourist culture, only uses them strategically to hone our looking at it, engaging us with deeper issues of absent human relations."
I also took time to learn more about Paul Pfeiffer's work. I found his interests in celebrity commodification and his use of erasure to discuss time, place, and desire very compelling. His images currently showing in Waikiki feature beach scenes with iconic portraits of Marilyn Monroe removed from the environment. At first the images appear simple and commonplace, yet over time one begins to notice prints in the sand or an out-of-place shadow. With patience, Pfeiffer's images are both haunting and thought-provoking.
For more info on his work, check out: Paul Pfeiffer, Art 21, Season 2 "Time"
http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/paul-pfeiffer
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