ADVANCING AMERICAN INDIAN ART
He‘e Nalu: The Art and Legacy of Hawaiian Surfing explores the Indigenous origins of surfing through the presentation and interpretation of historic material made by notable cultural practitioners as well as new contemporary artwork and site-specific installations created by leading Indigenous Hawaiian artists. The stories and histories of surfing will be shared through a Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) perspective through the process of mo`olelo, the method of storytelling “how it came to be.”
The exhibition is organized by guest curator Carolyn Kuali`i (Kānaka Maoli) and Heard Museum Assistant Curator Velma Kee Craig (Diné), with artwork by Kānaka Maoli artists Solomon Enos, Lehuauakea, Daniel Ikaika Ito, Pōhaku Kaho`ohanohano, Christopher Kahunahana, Stephen Hokulani Kupihea, Duke Aipa, Clifford Kapono, Ha`a Keaulana, Ian Kuali`i, Nicole Naone, Rick San Nicolas, Tom Pōhaku Stone, and Cory Kamehanaokalā Taum, and skateboard artwork by Rowan Harrison (Diné/Pueblo), James Johnson (Tlingit), Di’Orr Greenwood (Diné), Daryl Tom (Diné), Albert Sloan, Jr. (Diné), Missy Mahan (Tohono O’odham), and Kandis Quam (Zuni Pueblo/ Diné).
Alessa U’i Nani Qizon Holloway (Kānaka Maoli) “duck diving” off the shores of Mākaha, O’ahu, 2016. Photo courtesy of Haʻa Keaulana (Kānaka Maoli).
Image courtesy of Anne BC Stone & Tom Pohaku Stone. Photographer: Anne BC Stone
