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By Ken Ige, Star-Bulletin
Kevin Pincus was among the artists given a limited
number of art supplies and turned loose to make their
marks on the walls of the UH Art Gallery.

Drawing on walls
liberates group of artists

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By Cynthia Oi

Star-Bulletin

Take 23 artists, give them some art supplies, let them draw on the walls and you get "Drawing 2000: Stretching the Point."

The exhibit, which will open Sunday at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Art Gallery, started with each artist getting an identical kit consisting of charcoal, a stick of white chalk, 60 yards of masking tape, 50 nails, 95 yards of white cotton butcher's twine, 25 insect mounting pins, 75 yards of black thread, 4 ounces of black latex paint and 8 ounces of white latex paint.

Work by Linda Kane.

They were then turned loose on the white, 14-foot-high walls of the gallery to create. They could work large or small, limited only by their kits, said Sharon Tasaka, gallery associate director.

What resulted was "amazing," she said. "They all seemed to have a lot of fun."

Artist Timothy Ojile said that when he was a child, drawing on the walls of his house was "absolutely forbidden," so the project and the experience was "liberating."

"But there was stress because you had this small box of materials to work with. But once you got into the box, you found out that less was more."

The other artists taking part were Allyn Bromley, Gaye Chan, Don Dugal, Linda Kane, Sanit Khewok, James Kuroda, David Landry, Karen Lee, Wendy Kim Messier, Mary Mitsuda, Marcia Morse, Deborah Nehmad, Kevin Pincus, Cade Roster, Fred Roster, Morris Umeno, Bonhui Uy, Yida Wang, Fae Yamaguchi, Evan Asato, A. Kimberlin Blackburn and Kenneth Bushnell.

All the works, however, will be gone after the exhibit closes, Tasaka said. Like a mother scrubbing crayon from the furniture, the gallery staff will remove the artwork and the walls will be repainted.

On view What:"Drawing 2000: Stretching the Point" Place: University of Hawaii Art Gallery When: Reception 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Exhibit open 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays to Fridays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 22 Admission: Free Information 956-6888 Note: Artist walk-throughs 7 p.m. Aug. 30 and noon Sept. 7 and 10.

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