Artist and Zen teacher Shingo Honda’s (1944-2019) career spanned six decades in locales around the world, with the majority of his shows in Japan, LA, and Hawaiʻi Island—where he lived until his life was cut short by a brutal attack. Honda worked in several styles and mediums, including wood, concrete, rope, bronze, stone, canvas, paper, pencil and paint. His “Parallel” series was made in Los Angeles from 2000-2004 where he lived for almost twenty years. An exhibition of these works opens on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at the East Hawaii Cultural Center in Hilo. The opening reception includes special guests Jean Pierre Thoma on saxophone & Fred Hee on guitar playing jazz favorites from 10am-2pm. The exhibit, curated by Andrzej Kramarz is on display through September 24th, 2021. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/390712542669715
About Shingo Honda’s “Parallel” series
“I don’t know any of the people in these paintings. And they don’t know each other. I’ve put them in spaces where they’ve never been and where they’ve never been together. Each person lives in their own space, different from mine, different from anyone else’s. They have their own reality and it’s always changing. I don’t know what they’re thinking or what they see, or where they’re going or where they’ve been. Our paths may never cross again, but in this parallel world, there’s something that we share: we’re not strangers.” — Shingo Hona
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