‘The Sky Above Honolulu’

‘The Sky Above Honolulu’ is a project made up of paintings that ‘interpret’ musical compositions from the late 19th century created by some of the last members of the Royal Family of Hawai’i, shortly before the Monarchy was overturned and the islands began their gradual assimilation by the United States.

The paintings are somewhere between nocturnal sky scenes and typical Hawaian floral motives, that are organised according to the musical structure of each composition

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Proyecto formado por pinturas que ‘interpretan’ composiciones musicales de finales del siglo XIX, obra de algunos de los últimos miembros de la Familia Real de Hawai’i poco antes del derrocamiento de la Monarquía y la paulatina asimilación del Reino por parte de Estados Unidos.

Las pinturas se sitúan a medio camino entre un cielo nocturno y los típicos motivos florales hawaianos, que se disponen según la estructura musical de cada composición.

 

'The Sky Above Honolulu (Ka Ipo Lei Manu)', 2011 Acrylic on canvas 180 x 220 cm (70.9 x 86.6 inches)
‘The Sky Above Honolulu (Ka Ipo Lei Manu)’, 2011
Acrylic on canvas
180 x 220 cm (70.9 x 86.6 inches)
'The Sky Above Honolulu (He Inoa No Ka'iulani)', 2011 Acrylic on canvas 140 x 200 cm (55.1 x 78.7 inches)
‘The Sky Above Honolulu (He Inoa No Ka’iulani)’, 2011
Acrylic on canvas
140 x 200 cm (55.1 x 78.7 inches)
'The Sky Above Honolulu (Nani Wale Lihu'e)', 2011 Acrylic on canvas 200 x 200 cm (78.7 x 78.7 inches)
‘The Sky Above Honolulu (Nani Wale Lihu’e)’, 2011
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 200 cm (78.7 x 78.7 inches)
'The Sky Above Honolulu (Kalakaua March)', 2011 Acrylic on canvas 48 x 60 cm (18.9 x 23.6 inches)
‘The Sky Above Honolulu (Kalakaua March)’, 2011
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 60 cm (18.9 x 23.6 inches)
'The Sky Above Honolulu' Exhibition view, Galería Sandunga, Granada (Spain) 2011
‘The Sky Above Honolulu’
Exhibition view, Galería Sandunga, Granada (Spain) 2011
'The Sky Above Honolulu' Exhibition view, Galería Sandunga, Granada (Spain) 2011
‘The Sky Above Honolulu’
Exhibition view, Galería Sandunga, Granada (Spain) 2011
'The Sky Above Honolulu' exhibition view, Galería Sandunga, Granada (Spain) 2011
‘The Sky Above Honolulu’
exhibition view, Galería Sandunga, Granada (Spain) 2011

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