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A cow of steel and shoes, schools of metal fish and plump ceramic spheres are among the 151 sculptures on view at the Art Gallery at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa through April 14. Tiny treasures crowd
a shoebox of a showNow, you might expect a show of such magnitude would require an arena-size venue.
Not so in this case. The 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition annually features works measuring no more than, well, a shoebox. It helps to have big feet. Gallery director Tom Klobe said the size limitation is approximately 4-1/2-by-7-by-12-inches. "We're not real strict about that," he said, "but we have sent some pieces back because they were too big. If you come in with hip boots we say forget it."
The annual exhibition is one of the gallery's most popular, thanks to the charm and humor of the pint-sized pieces, fashioned from almost every medium imaginable. Look for blown glass, woven fiber, painted feathers and handmade paper, plus human hair and desiccated vegetables.An invitation-only exhibition, the show draws local and mainland artists, as well as those from Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia and South America, challenged by the idea of working in such small scale. The free exhibition is open noon to 4 p.m. Sundays, and 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays except Tuesdays, when it is open to 8 p.m. The gallery is closed on Kuhio Day.
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