Today is the last day to view the World Of Wearable Art(W.O.W) exhibit at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii. The exhibit is a collection of past winners from the annual internationally famous art awards show in Wellington, New Zealand.
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| Ornitho-Maia by Nadine Jaggi/New Zealand |
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| "To Be Or Not To Be" by Joanna Peacock/United Kingdom |
The event features a grand 2 hour spectacle of art,theater,music and dance created by artists from all over the world. Each year, the event draws an audience of 50,000.
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| Honeycomb by Xin Liu/Donghua University China |
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| Inkling by Gillian Saunders/New Zealand |
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| Honor th Huia by Robin Parkinson/New Zealand |
The collection debuted its first U.S. exhibition tour on October 3, 2015 at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu,Hawaii.
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| Interwoven by Carol Laloli/New Zealand |
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| On Reflection by Philippa Stitchbury/Australia |
The magnificent collection will then be available to view at the EMP (Experience Music Project) Museum in Seattle, Washington from June 24, 2016 through January 3, 2017.
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| Revive' by Mengyue Wu & Yuru Ma/China |
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| Founder Dame Suzie Moncrieff |
W.O.W began in 1987 as a promotion for a rural art gallery in Nelson, New Zealand. It's founder, Dame Suzanne Elizabeth Moncrieff, a sculptor- arts entrepreneur and native to New Zealand came up with the brilliant idea of taking art off the wall and exhibit it on the human form.
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| Templa Mantis by Daniella Sasvari/New Zealand |
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| Deadly Beauty by Xi Zhang/Donghua University, China |
In 2005, the event moved to Wellington to showcase in larger venues to accommodate the growing attendance. 2016 will mark W.O.W's 29th years of success.
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| Kaleidoscope by Tess Tavener Hanks/ Sydney, Australia |
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Get Behind Me Satan by Rodney Leong/New Zealand
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Each year the event draws over 300 artists from all over the world to compete. About 170 finalist are selected for the award show's 2 hour performance presentation and the chance to win the title for best installation.
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| Bam Boo by Renee Loui, New Zealand |
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| Spinoso Centurion by Lynn Christiansen/USA |
2 comments:
WOW, this is incredible! I ahve never seen anything like this! Thanks for sharing it!
This is beautiful clothes I ever see, great sharing
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