Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art. Show all posts

Monday, September 23, 2013

Honolulu Museum of Art/Spalding House

The Honolulu Museum of Art is located on Beretania Street in downtown Honolulu.  Blake and I were able to go there on Kama'aina Free day, so we didn't have to pay anything to go.  Normally it is $10 to visit the museums (with admission you get to visit the Museum of Art and the Spalding House.)  I really like art museums so I enjoyed myself.  The Hawaiian art section was closed which was disappointing, because it'd be great to see Hawaiian art while in Hawaii.  I probably wouldn't recommend going here while on vacation unless art museums are your favorite thing in the world, especially because it'll cost you $10 each.




There was a Georgia O'Keefe and Ansel Adams exhibit.  I snapped a photo of the first one I saw, then learned that we're not allowed to take pictures in that exhibit.  Lame.





Photo bomb






Indian bridal shawl















Our next stop was the Spalding House.  It has more contemporary art than the main museum.  I'm gonna be honest, this place creeped me out.  It had the strangest exhibits and the the freakiest music video I've ever seen (Radiohead's Weird Fishes,) especially the small building that was dark inside except for a few faint red lights and decorations that could have been painted by a child except for the dark creature lurking by the fireplace.  But, the weirdness also made it fun and memorable.  There is a network of trails behind the house that are fun to explore and really pretty.
View of Diamond Head


One of the props from the creepy music video.









This little guy tried to get himself run over by our car.


Saturday, March 16, 2013

Pow Wow Hawaii

Pow Wow Hawaii is a contemporary art movement that brings artists from all over the world to Honolulu, where they paint amazing murals on buildings all over downtown.  This year was the fourth time this event has taken place.  I love how many of the artists incorporated Hawaiian culture into their art.  If you want to learn more about it or see a map of where you can find the murals, visit their website here: http://powwowhawaii.com/