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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2012 School for Advanced Research.

"OBSERVATION WITHOUT JUDGEMENT"

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2012 School for Advanced Research.

"OBSERVATION WITHOUT JUDGEMENT"

Date: 2012
Artist or Maker: Maile Andrade (b. 1952)
Dimensions:
25.6 x 25.6 x 4.8 cm (10 1/16 x 10 1/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Medium: glass | pigments
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2012.
Object Number: SAR.2012-3-2
Not on view
DescriptionA square glass plate with an impression of the artist’s face, decorated with images of dragonflies, puhala trees (the small green trees with visible roots), maile leaves (the brown leaves on the left side), four impressed triangles (which represent genealogy and overlay the maile leaves), a twill weave, a piko weave (used in Hawaiian traditional hats) and the stenciled words “OBSERVATION WITHOUT JUDGEMENT.” A likeness of the artist's face emerges in 3-D from the center of the plate.
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