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Yotsuda, Carol Kouchi,
Landscape -- Phenomenon
Landscape -- Farm
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Waterscape
Figure group
Performing Arts -- Music
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Mural
Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Kailua-Kona
Sculpture
Pomaika'i Kakou I Ka 'Aina, (sculpture).
Artist:
Yotsuda, Carol Kouchi, 1940- , sculptor.
Title:
Pomaika'i Kakou I Ka 'Aina, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
We Are Blessed by the Land, (sculpture).
Dates:
1987.
Medium:
Ceramic on stainless steel frame, Wonderboard concrete and fiberglass mesh backing panel.
Dimensions:
Approx. 4 ft. 4 in. x 16 ft. 1 in. x 1 1/2 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Eight panels of ceramic tile mural enclosed in stainless steel channel frames, mounted on Wonderboard concrete. Tiles have textured and colored ceramic glaze. Side panels depict volcano landscape, taro farming valley, ocean and fish pond seascape. Center three panels depict cattle ranching with horses, hula tapa making, and underwater seascape with reef and sea life with human figures swimming. Remaining panels depict musicians and singers, seascape, landscape with sunset, and cane builders.
Subject:
Landscape -- Phenomenon -- Volcano
Landscape -- Farm
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture
Waterscape
Figure group
Performing Arts -- Music
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Swimming
Object Type:
Mural
Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Kailua-Kona
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of Hawaii, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Located Kahakai Elementary School, Building A, exterior wall, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Remarks:
Bronze plaque on wall below mural reads: STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS/ART IN PUBLIC PLACES/POMAKA'I OU I KA'AINA/(WE ARE BLESSED BY THE LAND/CERAMINC AND STAINLESS STEEL MURAL, 1987/BY CAROL YOTSUDA/STATE OF HAWAII/DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1994.
State of Hawaii, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1991.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 66260116
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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