Bytemarks

This show at the Academy of Arts is a must see on so many levels. Granted I don’t find myself writing about art very often and even on this occasion I will attempt it at a very superficial level. Chinese landscape art for me is mesmerizing. Nature is depicted in such grandeur and although humans [...]

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Graffiti art or street art as I like to refer to these pieces, stirs feelings that range from awe to disgust in those that view it. Born out of the street punk movement dating back to the late 70′s and early 80′s in the subways of New York City, this was a statement by rebellious [...]

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The Honolulu Academy of Arts is in the process of launching an ambitious project to put 50,000 pieces in their collection online in the newly minted eMuseum. I got an early preview of the system which coincides with the opening of Hokusai’s Summit: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji this week. The eMuseum project started with [...]

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