Artists achieve balance in exhibit of extremes

By Victoria Gail-White
Advertiser Art Critic

•	New Work by Andy Kay and Ira Ono 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays Through Dec. 3; closed Thanksgiving Atelier 4 Fine Art Gallery 524-3552

Ira Ono, an artist from the Big Island, incorporates found objects (plastic animals, bugs, buttons, tiles, teapots, stars, etc.), hand-made paste papers and collage elements in his eight new works. "Black Lacquer Dream" and "Zen Dreams" are triptychs. His sardonic sense of humor usually shows up in his titles. In "Zen Bones," bleached and cleaned chicken bones are arranged as if to divine some prearranged destiny. "Feng Shui Complaint" is a hodgepodge of plastic bugs, crabs, fish and shells. Ono's paste paper and found image "Ancient Cave" is a dark sepia-toned collage, moody and primitive.

The combination of Kay and Ono's work shown together generates a sense of the sublime and the outrageous. They complement one another and add a sense of balance to each's artistic extremes.