Wayne Levin’s upcoming exhibition, “The Edge”’s, opening reception cocktail, will be held at Polu Gallery Hale’iwa on Saturday, September 2nd, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The show will be open to visitors and clients at Polu Gallery Hale'iwa till September 17th.
“The Edge; A space between moments in time, between surfaces, between worlds. The meeting of water, earth, and air. A flash of stillness within a storm of motion, changing, evolving, dissolving. Its engine is the rhythm of the sea.”
Wayne’s photographs have been a big part of underwater photography; his work has been exhibited and published worldwide over his 50+ years of photography career.
First time in color
For half a century, Wayne has been taking photos of the unseen with the dramatic film in black&white. The Edge is Wayne’s first underwater digital photography exhibition in color.
Wayne Levin’s photographs,
draw the viewer into the unknown of the mysterious underwater world of Hawai’i Islands. His experience in photography emerges as the proper framing and choice of light in his artworks. Levin brings Hawai’i’s kai/ocean by capturing a massive wave, and he is gifting the viewers a moment that stops time in the gigantic movements of the ocean. He shoots in a way that the fish gather into forms of startling geometry—mesmerizing tones of blue, turquoise, and dark blues of the ocean in elegant simplicity and intimacy.
Levin’s work is the right choice for your home or workspace if you wish to set up ocean, surf, and island decor. His artworks are gates in time that will take you back to the ocean for a split moment from the comfort of your space.
Biography
Wayne Levin received his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and his MFA from Pratt Institute in New York. His books and monographs include Kalaupapa: A Portrait (1989), documenting the Leprosy Settlement on the island of Moloka‘i; Through a Liquid Mirror (1998), and Other Oceans (2001), Akule (2010), Ili Na Ho’omanaa’o o Kalaupapa 2012, and Flowing 2014. Levin’s photographs were also included in Kaho‘olawe: Na Leo o Kanaloa (1996) and have appeared in such publications as Aperture, American Photographer, Camera Arts, and LensWork. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1984), the Ohio Arts Council (1989), and the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (2006). Widely exhibited, his photographs are in significant public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Photographic Art, San Diego; The Maritime Museum, Newport News, Virginia; the Dimbola Museum, UK; the Datz Museum, South Korea, The National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, The Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu; and the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
We would love to see you in our opening reception cocktail at Polu Gallery Hale’iwa on the 2nd of September. Meet with the legendary Wayne Levin and experience this historical exhibition firsthand.
Email info@polugallery.com to receive Wayne Levin’s "The Edge" exhibition catalog before the opening.