Chinese Take Out: Super Size (January 2020)
Sean Baba
Installation unveiled at 200 S. High Street in Wailuku, followed by 2375 Main St., Wailuku (Bailey House Museum)
Inspired by ʻōlelo noʻeau: O ke aloha ke kuleana o kahi malihini (love is the host in strange lands)
“There are many aspects and cultures that make Maui, Local,” shares Baba, “A symbolic Icon of Hawaii and Wailuku is the Chinese to go container. It symbolizes memories and the mixture of cultures that have mixed and grown to become Hawaiʻi. When I created this, it was received beyond what it represented to me, and the diversity of who gravitated to it was overwhelming. I have been told that Wailuku needs an artwork that symbolizes art, culture and food and this to me has represented this to everyone who has seen it.”
Sean Baba
Installation unveiled at 200 S. High Street in Wailuku, followed by 2375 Main St., Wailuku (Bailey House Museum)
Inspired by ʻōlelo noʻeau: O ke aloha ke kuleana o kahi malihini (love is the host in strange lands)
“There are many aspects and cultures that make Maui, Local,” shares Baba, “A symbolic Icon of Hawaii and Wailuku is the Chinese to go container. It symbolizes memories and the mixture of cultures that have mixed and grown to become Hawaiʻi. When I created this, it was received beyond what it represented to me, and the diversity of who gravitated to it was overwhelming. I have been told that Wailuku needs an artwork that symbolizes art, culture and food and this to me has represented this to everyone who has seen it.”
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About Baba: "Having a background in figurative art, I have evolved into landscape portraits that are both contemporary and timeless. To capture the Island in a way that preserves the past and tells the history to present the culture of Hawaii to the viewer. Sometimes the past has been buried however in a visionary depiction it can be re-illustrated to tell the story."
Learn More: Sean Baba: SUPERSIZE ME (1/27/20) | Join Us Tomorrow Morning for SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Sneak Peek! (1/30/20) | Aloha Nui (1/31/20) | SMALL TOWN BIG ART presents Sean Baba (1/31/20) | PHOTOS | Artist Statement |
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