HONOLULU, HI (PNAN) – On view through July 27, 2023 at the Honolulu Museum of Art in Gallery 14, “Moemoeā” is a first-ever exhibition by Maui-based Noah Harders, who reveals his technical skill in fabricating surrealist, haute-couture creations out of flowers, leaves, lobster shells, fish bones, and other found organic materials.
Moemoeā translated means to dream or fantasy. Harders’ artistry is expressed through self-portraits shot in his home studio along with several of his signature mask sculptures.
Born and raised in Waikapū where artist Harders he lives on land inhabited by his ancestors for hundreds of years. He attended the School of The Art Institute of Chicago and then returned home to Maui where he began to create enticing wearable art made of discarded flowers and found plant materials.
The artist describes his growth spanning multiple practices: installation, traditional basket weaving, fashion design and photography as a “…crazy progression of finding myself.”
For more on this exhibit, including others, Rebecca Louise Law: Awakening through September 10, 2023; Reveries: The Art of Hung Liu through May 28, 2023; Cross Pollination: Flowers Across the Collection through June 4, 2023; Navigating a Minefield: A Manga Depiction of Japanese Americans in the Second War through March 5, 2023; and other programming see: www.honolulumuseum.org