GALERIE 103 seeks to bring together a broad cross-section of national and international artists and will feature significant works of high-quality art, including contemporary and modern art that reflects the island's unique environment past and present. The art at GALERIE 103 will know no boundaries, thereby challenging misconceptions about regionalism and ethnic origin.

With the importance of global environmental issues, Hawaii has become (as it should be) one of the centers of conceptual awareness and critical debate, especially about global environmental issues, but also about many other matters shaping human destiny. ART and ISSUES should and do meet here. GALERIE 103 thus seeks to expand general awareness and to correct any lingering idea that Hawaiian art is "merely" focused on the celebration of natural beauty.

GALERIE 103 occupies a 2400-square-feet space, of which 1800 square feet is devoted to the art gallery per se and 600 square feet constitutes an annex dedicated to modern and contemporary works on paper, art objects, fiber art and art books.

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Kathleen Adair Brown
The Golden Thread
Paintings, Collage + Drawings
June 17 – July 31, 2010

Adair Brown's retrospective will include over 50 pieces from the 1940s to present. This is the first full-scale look at Adair Brown's long career since many of her paintings, drawings, collages and boxes in the exhibition are on public display for the first time.

Of her work Adair Brown states:

“In making my work I use Xerox copies, sometimes in different sizes, of only the few drawings that I feel are good and true. On the Xerox copies I am free to experiment with different colors, while keeping the drawings unspoiled. I use dry pastel and watercolor over which I brush an egg yolk wash; that finishing wash returns the depth and vibrancy of the watercolor's original wetness and also reveals the mystery that lies within pastel. I tear and rearrange those painted pieces on a heavy sheet of watercolor paper before pasting them down, keeping the composition fluid until all the parts fit well into the final painting. I find my subject matter in books, following The Golden Thread in poetry, history, and literature; my work is that Golden Thread made visible."

ART TALK  WITH KATHLEEN ADAIR BROWN   July 22 2010 6 - 8 PM

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Doug Britt
Early Paintings + Constructions
August 5 - September 25 2010
Opening reception August 5th 6-8 pm

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Ikaika    (read more, view images...)
Paintings + Sculpture by Mac James
April 29 – June 12, 2010

The exhibit "Ikaika" (meaning to be strong) features recent painting and sculpture by nationally acclaimed artist Mac James of Anahola. The works in "Ikaika" chronicle a story of animals and sea life on and around Kauai, including various trees portrayed as souled beings. James adds a written narrative to many of his pieces in order to expand the tale, working the writing into the composition, not just adding it as an afterthought. Story and folklore thus extend through many of the works, as do the artist’s own tales of Anahola.