“Art is my life, I have no other life to live,” said 75-year-old Kendal Hanna at the opening of his art exhibit in the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas.<\/p>\n
The exhibit- Happy Birthday to Me-The work of Kendal Hanna is a retrospective composition of the dazzling career of the celebrated abstract artist who blazed a trail in that particular form of self expression that is emulated today.<\/p>\n
Gazing at the array of vastly different paintings is almost like sitting down with Hanna and having a conversation about the many stages of his life- all tell a story about who this man is.<\/p>\n
Hanna is ready to delve into another medium of abstract expression – sculpture. He says that he has a passion for sculpture that is as strong as his desire to paint, and that he is ready to marry the two.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the opening on Friday- Education minister Desmond Bannister noted that Hanna is a “true example of what it means to rise above challenge and become a true ambassador of the Bahamas.”<\/p>\n
Fellow artists John Cox and Heino Schmid also noted the achievements of the artist. Mr Cox said that Hanna’s ability to focus such a degree of passion in abstract painting in a time when it was difficult enough to be just be a painter is a true testament to him.<\/p>\n
Mr Schmid added that Hanna “attacks every painting not like its his last, but his first. He has a slow moving way of painting that is the language of his practice.”<\/p>\n
Kendal Hanna – Happy Birthday to Me” Retrospective Exhibition runs at the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas until Monday, January 2, 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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