Preview: The Moleskine Project IX @ POW! WOW! Hawai’i [Honolulu]
For their 9th installment of the acclaimed group exhibit, Spoke Art enlists over 100 international artists to showcase works using their trusty sketchbooks as both canvas & inspiration
Pow! Pow! Worldwide describes itself as a “global network of artists” that “organizes gallery shows, lecture series, schools for art and music, mural projects, a large creative space named Lana Lane Studios, concerts, and live art installations across the globe.” Their longest standing annual even — or “Pow! Wow!” — is Pow! Wow! Hawai’i, which takes place in Kaka’ako district of Honolulu over Valentines Day week each year and centers around more than 100 visual artists — both local an international –creating massive awe-inspiring mural works. Other components exist within the festival, as well, but it’s the murals that get top billing. It’s always exciting to see work created on such a tremendous scale from established, high profile artists to those just beginning to make a name for themselves, not to mention all of the collaborations that take place. This year, the organizers have put together two additional exhibits in collaboration with galleries in the Bay Area and Southern California, respectively. In contrast to the larger-than-life pieces that will be altering the landscape of Honolulu over the week, San Francisco‘s Spoke Art Gallery will be bringing with them a collection of works that are no bigger than a piece of notebook paper.
For the better part of the last decade, Spoke Art has been hosting an exhibit paying tribute to the creation process of the artists that are featured within it. Co-curated by gallery founder Ken Harman and Sydney-based artist Rodrigo Luff, this year’s installment of The Moleskine Project will feature contributions from over 100 different artists working in disciplines that range from painting and illustrations to mixed media and papercuts, the uniting factor being their trusty moleskine sketchbooks operating as both their canvases and a point of inspiration. As a previous press release from a few years back explained, the broader intention of the show is to “[allow] viewers and artists alike to peek into the intimate realm of the art making process, each piece [playing] with the balance between refined finality and lingering thoughts yet to be completed.“ The 9th installment of The Moleskin Project will have its opening on February 11th and run through the 16th. If you happen to be out in Honolulu, either specifically for Pow! Pow! Hawai’i, or otherwise, you’re going to want to make sure to swing by and check this one out.
List Of Featured artists:
Participating Artists:
Daria Aksenova | Stacey Aoyama | Seth Armstrong | Thomas Ascott | Bagger43 | Johan Barrios | Laura Bifano | Arthur Brouthers | Stephanie Brown | Adam Caldwell | Jayde Cardinalli | Peter Chan | Kim Cogan | Sam Wolfe Connelly | J.A.W. Cooper | Andrew DeGraff | Jeremy Enecio | McKenzie Fisk | Arthur Gain | Greg Gandy | Alex Garant | Ken Garduno | Serge Gay Jr. | Jeff Gillette | Frank Gonzales | Nicole Gustafsson | Caitlin Hackett | Tom Haubrick | Christopher Michael Hefner | Jessica Hess | Stella Im Hultberg | Paul Jackson | Celia Jacobs | Hanna Jaeun | Kourtney Jossy | Justin Coro Kaufman | Andy Kehoe | Susannah Kelly | Dan-ah Kim | Kit King | Zachary Lank | Brin Levinson | Zoe Hawk | Aaron Li Hill | Seonna Hong | Scott Listfield | Kristen Liu-Wong | Sergio Lopez | Rodrigo Luff | Sean Mahan | Ryan Malley | Jeremy Mann | Alessandra Maria | Jeremie Marié | Christopher Martin | Lauren Marx | Brian Mashburn | Rebecca Mason Adams | Dan McCarthy | Drew Merritt | David Molesky | Christina Mrozik | Fumi Mini Nakamura | Nazdezda | Tran Nguyen | JP Neang | Reuben Negron | Zachary Oldenkamp | Wendy Ortiz | Alex Pardee | Mu Pan | Rich Pellegrino | Neil M. Perry | Petites Luxures | Joel Daniel Phillips | Ferris Plock | David Polka | Dan Quintana | Jason Raish | Allison Reimold | Gustavo Rimada | Matt Ritchie | Nick Runge | Brooks Salzwedel | Jay Shells | Loribelle Spirovski | Tyler Stout | Dean Stuart | Tatiana Suarez | Angela Sung | Eric Tan | Juan Travieso | Kelly Tunstall | Dorian Vallejo | Roos van der Vliet | Nate Van Dyke | Nadia Waheed | Redd Walitzki | Casey Weldon | Helice Wen | Bryce Wymer | Sam Yong | Lauren YS
Check out preview images for the exhibit below the following event details…
WHAT:
‘The Moleskine Project IX”
WHEN:
Opening:
Tuesday, February 11th, 2020
6pm-10pm
WHERE:
441 Cooke St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Opening is ALL AGES w/NO COVER
Show on view until Sunday, February 11th, 2020
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1065125810490462/