Carl Pao

Carl Franklin Kaʻailāʻau Pao he kanaka hana kiʻi Hawaiʻi i hānau ʻia ma Honolulu i ka makahiki 1971^[1]. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna mau hana kiʻi i hoʻohui i nā loina Hawaiʻi kahiko me nā ʻano hana kiʻi o kēia au.

Ka Moʻolelo

Ua hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ʻo Pao ma Kailua, Oʻahu^[2]. Ma ka makahiki 1994, ua loaʻa iā ia ka B.F.A. mai ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa. Ma ka makahiki 1999, ua loaʻa iā ia ka M.F.A. mai ka Elam School of Fine Arts ma ke Kulanui o Auckland ma Aotearoa me ka mahalo nui ʻia^[3].

Mai ka makahiki 2000, he kumu hana kiʻi ʻo ia ma Kula ʻo Kamehameha^[1]. He hoa kuleana pū ʻo ia no ka hale kiʻi ʻo Lodestar Collective. He kumu aʻo pū ʻo ia ma ka papa hana kiʻi ma nā kula kiʻekiʻe^[2].

Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna mau hana kiʻi, pena kiʻi, paʻi kiʻi, a me nā kiʻi pālolo ma Hawaiʻi, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻia (Nuioka, Kaleponi, Wakinekona, Kanekaka, Makakukeka), a me ka Pākīpika (Aotearoa, Sāmoa, Nū Kalekonia)^[3]. Aia kāna mau hana kiʻi ma nā hale hōʻikeʻike a me nā waihona kūikawā ma Hawaiʻi, ʻAukekulelia, Aotearoa, a me Kāmoa^[1].

Ma kāna mau hana kiʻi, hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā manaʻo koʻikoʻi ʻo ke kaona a me ka wā. No Pao, ʻo ke kaona ka ʻike hohonu i hiki ke ʻike wale ʻia e ka poʻe maʻa, a ʻo ka wā ka "hakahaka ma waena." Manaʻo ʻo ia, aia i loko o ka wā ke kaona o ke ao holoʻokoʻa^[2].

Nā Hana Kiʻi

He mea hoʻohana ʻo Pao i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka hana kiʻi, mai ka kālai pōhaku a i ka pena kiʻi. Ua kaulana kāna mau hana no ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kiko Hawaiʻi kahiko me nā ʻano hana kiʻi hou. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau hana koʻikoʻi:

"Kāne" (2005) - He kiʻi pōhaku nui i kālai ʻia mai ka pōhaku ʻeleʻele Hawaiʻi, e hōʻike ana i ke kino kanaka me nā kaha kahiko Hawaiʻi. Aia kēia kiʻi ma ka pā hale o ka Bishop Museum.

"Kumulipo Series" (2010-2015) - He mau kiʻi pena i hoʻokumu ʻia ma luna o ka moʻolelo o ke Kumulipo. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā wai wena like ʻole e hōʻike ai i nā māhele ʻehā o ka moʻokūʻauhau Hawaiʻi: Pō, Ao, Wā, a me Kanaka.

"Pasifika" (2012) - He kiʻi nui (6.1 mika x 2.4 mika) i pena ʻia no ke Kulanui o ʻAukekulelia Aupuni, e hōʻike ana i ka pae ʻāina ʻo ʻAukekulelia a me nā pae ʻāina he 48 o ka Pākīpika. Hōʻike kēia kiʻi i nā pilina ma waena o nā mokupuni ma o nā laina e pili ana, a hōʻike pū i nā makani a me nā au o ka moana ma o nā waihoʻoluʻu kahe^[4].

"Made in Occupied Hawaiʻi Since 1893" (2017) - He hana kiʻi i hana ʻia me ka ʻakala, ke kelepaʻi, a me ka pena ʻeleʻele. Hoʻopili kēia hana i nā kumuhana o ke kālaiʻāina Hawaiʻi^[1].

"Hoʻi" (2018) - He kiʻi keleawe nui i hana ʻia no ka Honolulu Museum of Art. Ua hoʻohui ʻia nā aka kahiko Hawaiʻi me nā ʻano kālai hou o kēia au, e like me nā kaha genealogy DNA.

Nā Hōʻike

Ua hōʻike ʻia kāna mau hana ma nā wahi like ʻole:

Nā Kūmole

1 2 3 4 Imago Mundi Collection - Carl F.K. Pao, 2024
1 2 3 Ka'iwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center, "Pao, Carl (on native art)", Ianuali 2007
1 2 The Contemporary Pacific, Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2008
↑ "The Maze of Treasures". School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University. Kipa ʻia ma ka lā 31 ʻOkakopa 2024.

He ʻōmuku kēia mea. Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, e kōkua mai i ka holomua ʻana i kēia mea.

[imago-1] 1 2 3 4 Imago Mundi Collection - Carl F.K. Pao, 2024

[kaiwaki-2] 1 2 3 Ka'iwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center, "Pao, Carl (on native art)", Ianuali 2007

[contemp-3] 1 2 The Contemporary Pacific, Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2008

[4] "The Maze of Treasures". School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University. Kipa ʻia ma ka lā 31 ʻOkakopa 2024.

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