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A section of Charles Cohan's "Variance," a work of lithography, intaglio and relief on paper.
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Out of the box
In addition to keeping to the theme of island life for the traveling exhibit "Island to Island: A Collaboration Between Three International Universities," the more than 50 artists in the show also had to contend with the challenge of making pieces that fit into a cardboard box about 17 by 12 by 5 1/2 inches in size.
Some artists did conform to the dimensions; others created installations that filled larger spaces. Edna Broad of Australia, for instance, painted vessels on water across three canvases and crafted similar forms in porcelain, raku, paperclay and handmade paper. In the gallery they are assembled with the three-paneled painting hanging on the wall and the sculptural pieces sitting on a platform in front.
A number of works in the show are series; the University of Hawaii's Gaye Chan contributed several pieces from her "Gaye's Anatomy" series, while Australia's John Bissland submitted four silver gelatin prints of shipbuilding plates.
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Gaye Chan, a faculty member in the University of Hawaii-Manoa art department, started with pages of girlie magazines and books to create her series called "Gaye's Anatomy." Chan used acrylics to paint over the images of women on the pages. Her piece shows alongside those of UH colleagues and faculty from the University of Tasmania Launceston and the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.
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"The Other Side of Development," a digital print, by Husaini Yaakob of Penang, Malaysia.
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Edna Broad's multimedia "Time and Tide" utilizes porcelain, raku, paperclay, handmade paper and acrylic on canvas.
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