"Planet Alert" is dedicated to the Artist Steve Wada (1917-2011).
Thank you Steve, love Gallery Onetwentyeight.
Opening night performances by: Vernita N' Cognita 7:30 & Atsuko Yuma 8:00 pm
Due to recent events in Japan, the month of August is particularly significant this year.
In August, two atomic bombs hit Japan; in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This event was tragic since numerous innocent people lost their lives and many more were severely injured. This August is the 66th anniversary of the bombings. And in Japa- nese culture the number 66 has numerous symbolic meanings that one can interpret in various ways, for example: -------------------
66 years ago on August 15, the tragic hate, pain and suffering of many innocent peoples and cultures around the world ended with the end of World War Two.
More recently, in Japan, nuclear power is causing havoc in significant parts of Japan; communities have been destroyed as a result of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The people of Japan are suffering from this disaster.
Maybe this disaster was a warning. Maybe it was to call our attention as humanity to appreciate life and look at each day as a blessing.
The show "PLANET ALERT" at Gallery Onetwentyeight is an art exhibit in which selected gallery artists create work about hope and the value of cherishing and honoring each moment to its fullest!
Welcome to Hope: Welcome to "PLANET ALERT": Welcome to Gallery Onetwentyeight.
“From the Manhattan Project just a speck of plutonium on the map of this world, easily secreting its poison to Toxi City, Hiro and Naga and, today, Fukushima, for fire and water don't mix, but they as hell did. The coast is no longer clear. Human folly and HUBRIS splitting the building block and the very meaning of life in two, this elemental self-abandonment under the prod, the cattle prod of history, of supposed destiny, of scientific inquiry, irresponsible in the extreme; oh yes, How curiosity killed the cat, black and dead. Heads down in cubicles geeking deeper, slaying the mystery, killing the magic, snuffing the beauty by turning it to Power, Force.
In the hands of the profiteers and mongers, criminals and henchmen, we confront grave jeopardy. Our once pristine planet, our nest, our whole world, is soiled and no longer a sure thing. We have sprinkled it with plutonium like an ice cream cone, with free radicals, Yes, the most deadly substance (un)known to man.” (Peter Cummings)
Artists are;
TAKESHI ARITA AYAKO BANDO ORIN BUCK WAN YU CHEN MELISSA CIMINO JOAN CRISWELL LACEY FEKISHAZY TOMOKO FUJIKI AYAKOH FURUKAWA EDGAR GARCIA MARCIA GARCIA DAYLE GINSBURG ERIC GINSBURG GABRIEL HURIER RALPH IWAMOTO KOTATSU IWATA GERALD JACKSON YUKO. K MIKIKO KANNO FRAN KORNFELD YUKO KUBOTA HANA LEE SAMANTHA LEE LIZ-N-VAL JACEK MACZYNSKI SANAE MAEDA SISSA MARQUARDT KAITLIN MARTIN CARMELO MIDILI KAZUKO MIYAMOTO EILEEN MULLAN YUMIKO NOLAN YUKAKO OKUDAIRA FRANCISCO OSOLIO TOKI OZAKI JENNIFER PRIMOSCH JAMISEN SARTESCH YOSHIYUKI SHIMAMOTO KEIGO TAKAHASHI MIHO TAKAI HISAMI TANIGUCHI CIGDEM TANKUT TOYO TSUCHIYA ALP UCAR AKIKO UCHIDA STEVE WADA KATHLEEN ZIMMERMAN
