“Contemporary Hawaiian artist Mark Chai is inspired by many of the same plants that O’Keeffe encountered while visiting Hawai‘i. His monumental sculpture inspired by heliconia is accompanied by a series of lanterns based on the fruits of many of the most important canoe plants, such as breadfruit (‘ulu), candlenut (kukui), screw-pine (hala), and mountain apple (ohi’a ‘ai). At night, these shapes come to life with dramatic lighting.” VIDEO
Humanities Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities: Georgia O’Keeffe Paints Hawaii
NYBG Exhibits ‘Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawai’i’