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#flowers
#discovered objects
#masks
#Noah Harders
#portraits
#self-portrait
Oct 27, 2022
Grace Ebert
“First Time, Face to Face” (2021), blue jade flower. All illustrations or photos © Noah More difficult, courtesy of Honolulu Museum of Artwork, shared with permission
Indigenous Hawaiian artist Noah Harders takes a whimsical approach to fashion in Moemoeā, his initial institutional exhibition opening following 7 days at the Honolulu Museum of Artwork. Translating to aspiration or fantasy, the show’s title provides a conceptual, political, and aesthetic basis for Harders’ broad array of performs that change crustacean shells, skeletal stays, lush jade flowers, and other natural and organic make any difference into sculptural wearables. The fashions are intricately created and mask most of the artist’s confront as he captures their sprawling varieties through bold self-portraiture, which he describes as fostering a connection involving himself and the observed objects. He explains:
When I place on these masks, I experience like I am embodying the spirit and essence of seemingly regular resources that can be discovered about us…These parts are a way for us to stage out of the severe reality we are consumed by just about every day and just have a minute to dream and experience impressed by what surrounds us on this earth.
Moemoeā operates from November 3, 2022, to July 23, 2023. Dive into Harders’ intensive archive of headdresses on his internet site and Instagram.
“Resilience” (2020), plumeria (frangipani)
“Lead The Way” (2022), purple torch ginger (etlingera elatior)
Left: “Modern Warrior” (2022), koa leaves (Acacia koa). Appropriate: “Two Worlds Collide” (2022), lauhala (pandanus tectorius) and crinum amabile
“The Depths” (2021), lobster shell
Still left: “ Looks Can Be Deceiving,” (2022), spiny lobster shells, 22.25 x 28.25 inches. Ideal: “Life Following Death” (2022), fish bones
“Malolo” (2022), mink protea
“Pecking Order” (2022), white king protea (protea cynaroides)
#flowers
#discovered objects
#masks
#Noah Harders
#portraits
#self-portrait
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