Visiting Lahaina, West Maui, Maui County, Hawaii, United States
Lāhainā is the largest census-designated place (CDP) in West Maui, Maui County, Hawaii, United States, and the gateway to the famous Ka'anapali and Kapalua beach resorts to its north. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a resident population of 11,704.[1] Lahaina encompasses the coast along Hawaii Route 30 from a tunnel at the south end, through Olawalu, and to the CDP of Napili-Honokowai to the north. During the tourist season, the population can swell to nearly 40,000 people. For more info, visit
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Vladimir Kush: A collection of 222 paintings (HD)
Vladimir Kush: A collection of 222 paintings (HD)
Description: Vladimir Kush (born 1965) is a Russian born surrealist painter and sculptor. He studied at the Surikov Moscow Art Institute, and after several years working as an artist in Moscow, his native city, he emigrated to the United States, eventually establishing his own gallery on the island of Maui in Hawaii. His oil paintings are also sold as giclée prints which contributed to his popularity and led to the establishment of further galleries in Laguna Beach, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2011 Kush won the First Prize in Painting at the Artistes du Monde international exhibition in Cannes.
Kush was born in 1965 in Moscow, Russia. After study at the Surikov Moscow Art Institute, he was conscripted into the Soviet Army for two years where he was assigned to paint murals. In 1987 he began exhibiting with the USSR Union of Artists but earned a living drawing portraits on the streets of Moscow and caricatures for a newspaper. In 1990, following his first foreign exhibition in Germany with two other Russian artists, he emigrated to the United States, initially living in Los Angeles before moving to Hawaii where he also worked as a mural painter for the Whaler's Village Museum on Maui. While based in Hawaii, his works received several exhibitions in Hong Kong galleries. Gallery shows followed in Seattle, Pittsburgh, and other American cities, and he eventually opened his own gallery, Kush Fine Art in Lahaina, Hawaii.
He later opened Kush Fine Art galleries in Las Vegas and Laguna Beach, California. Many of his original oil paintings are also sold as giclée prints which initially contributed to his popularity. In 2007 Kush sued the pop singer Pink and her record company for copyright infringement when imagery from his painting (and later giclée print), Contes Erotiques, was used without his authorisation for her 2006 video U + Ur Hand. The case was settled the following year when the singer agreed to pay him undisclosed damages.Prints and an original oil painting by Kush are held in the NaPua Gallery collection at the Grand Wailea Resort on Maui in addition to works held in private collections. In July 2011 his works were shown at the Artistes du Monde international exhibition in Cannes where he won the American First Prize in Painting. He also has a resident show in Las Vegas, Nevada at Caesar's Palace
Kush predominantly works in the medium of oil painting on canvas or board, with many of the original paintings also sold as limited edition giclée-on-canvas prints. His bronze-colored sculptures are small-scale and usually based on imagery from his paintings, such as Walnut of Eden and Pros and Cons. Although his style is frequently described as surrealist, Kush himself refers to it as metaphorical realism and cites the early influence on his style of Salvador Dalí's surrealist paintings as well as landscapes by the German romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich. Another influence on his work has been the 16th century Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, known for his fantastic imagery and sometimes characterised as the pre-Surrealism Surrealist.Wings, ships, and color-saturated seascapes are frequent themes in his paintings, exemplified in the companion pieces, Arrival of the Flower Ship and Departure of the Winged Ship. Flowing water is another recurrent theme, exemplified by Breach and Current. Other works such as Three Graces and African Sonata merge human and animal forms with inanimate objects.
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Surrealism by Vladimir Kush
Surrealism by Vladimir Kush
Vladimir Kush, the founder of Metaphorical Realism. Kush (born 1965) is a Russian born surrealist painter and sculptor. He studied at the Surikov Moscow Art Institute, and after several years working as an artist in Moscow, his native city, he emigrated to the United States, eventually establishing his own gallery on the island of Maui in Hawaii. His oil paintings are also sold as giclée prints which contributed to his popularity and led to
the establishment of further galleries in Laguna Beach, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2011 Kush won the First Prize in Painting at the Artistes du Monde international exhibition in Cannes.
Kush predominantly works in the medium of oil painting on canvas or board, with many of the original paintings also sold as limited edition giclée-on-canvas prints. His bronze-colored sculptures are small-scale and usually based on imagery from his paintings, such as Walnut of Eden and Pros and Cons. Although his style is frequently described as surrealist, Kush himself refers to it as metaphorical realism and cites the early influence on his style of Salvador Dalí's surrealist paintings as well as landscapes by the German romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich. Another influence on his work has been the 16th century Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, known for his fantastic imagery and sometimes characterised as the pre-Surrealism Surrealist. Wings, ships, and color-saturated seacapes are frequent themes in his paintings, exemplified in the companion pieces, Arrival of the Flower Ship and Departure of the Winged Ship. Flowing water is another recurrent theme, exemplified by Breach and Current. Other works such as Three Graces and African Sonata merge human and animal forms with inanimate objects.
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His 4 galleries locations:
1) Maui, HI
820B Front Street
Lahaina, HI 96761
866-Kush-ART
808-667-1989
808-667-0609 Fax
Kush Fine Art Maui is located in beautiful Lahaina in West Maui just south of the famous Kaanapali and Kapalua beach resorts. It is surrounded by many restaurants and other art galleries along Front Street and the area is also one of the hubs of West Maui's night life. Maui is the third-most populous of the Hawaiian Islands, and has long been a destination for art lovers as well as artists. Kush Fine Art Maui was the first gallery opened by Vladimir Kush.
2) Las Vegas, NV
Caesars Palace
3500 Las Vegas Blvd South
Suite S27B
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-650-3444
702-650-3355 Fax
Kush Fine Art Caesars is located in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace Las Vegas. This beautiful shopping area boasts more than 160 stores similar to those found on Rodeo Drive, Madison Avenue or Via Condotti in dazzling Romanesque surroundings. Caesars is iconic, one of the first major hotels in Las Vegas, and host to the top stars in the world.
3) Las Vegas, NV - Planet Hollywood
Miracle Mile Shops
3663 Las Vegas Blvd South
Suite 265
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-363-1990
702-531-1992 Fax
Kush Fine Art Planet Hollywood is located in the Miracle Mile Shops at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas NV. Located in the heart of the strip, Planet Hollywood is one of the hippest hotels in Sin City and is often visited by Celebrities.
4) Laguna Beach, CA
265 Forest Avenue
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
949-376-8017
949-376-8018 Fax
1-888-278-7881
Kush Fine Art Laguna Beach is located in the heart of the Artist Colony on Forest Avenue. Laguna Beach is the home of the Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters bringing in art enthusiasts and collectors from all corners of the earth. For the beachgoers and surfers, the seven miles of picturesque Pacific coastline offers plenty of pristine sandy beaches and up to 15-foot waves, some of the best in Southern California! Kush Fine Art Laguna Beach was opened by Vladimir Kush in 2006.
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Lahaina Arts Society, Maui, Hawaii
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Kona's Inspiration by Mark DecolibusThe Lahaina Arts Society, on Maui, Hawaii, is a showcase and training ground for local artists, and has been at the center of Lahaina and its art scene since November 14, 1967. It is now the oldest art gallery in one of the largest art markets in the USA. Since 1969, the Society has been located in the Old Lahaina Courthouse, an historic building in the center of Lahaina, down by the harbor. The building was constructed to form the seat of government for Maui, Hawaii, in the 1860s. Lahaina Arts Society is dedicated to arts education and Maui artists.
Galleries
The Lahaina Arts Society Galleries are open daily from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. They are located at 648 Wharf Street, Lahaina, next to the historic Banyan Tree.
Mission Statement
Lahaina Arts Society (LAS) is dedicated to showcase, support, teach, mentor and nurture Maui County artists. LAS donates time and money to the charity it founded, Lahaina Arts Association (LAA), which includes the Children's Art Outreach Program. Major activities: LAS is an organization dedicated to supporting local artists launching their careers around Maui. LAS maintains two galleries in the Old Courthouse building in Lahaina. LAA sponsors an outdoor artist fair under the Banyan Tree in Lahaina on a bi-monthly basis, and also provides weekly children's art classes held in seven different sites in Maui County. On an annual basis LAA awards partial scholarships to Maui high school students who are interested in art.
Mahalo to the following supporters!
County of Maui
Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and Arts
Hawai'i Community Foundation
Atherton Family Foundation
Rev. Takie Okumura Family Fund
Lahaina Arts Society
Vladimir Kush
Vladimir Kush is a Russian-born surrealist painter and sculptor, although he prefers to refer to his art as metaphorical realism.
He was born in 1965 in Moscow and first began drawing and showing artistic ability at the age of three or four. He would often sit on his father's lap and finish drawings his father started. He started attending an art school at the age of seven in Russia. The first half of his day was spent in regular school, meeting requirements, and the second half of the day was spent in art classes until 9pm. He entered the Moscow Art Institute at age 17, and when he went for his mandatory two years of military service at 18 was soon set to painting murals and canvases rather than regular infantry duties.
The artists who he says have influenced his style since his first experience in art school are Monet, Botticelli, Bosch, van Gogh, Dürer, Schinkel, Vermeer, and Dali to name a few. Bored with the Cézanne-style painting his art school concentrated on, Kush switched to surreal images as a teenager and painted his first surreal picture at the age of 14. He experimented with different styles of impressionism after seeing a book of Salvador Dalí's work in the late 1980s but it didn't appeal because shape was lost in the style. Strongly influenced by his father (a scientist), he believes that realistic paintings show the artist's professional skill and draw the viewer in so that they accept the impossible images enough to see the metaphors in them and explore the different layers of meaning.
In 1987, he began to sell his paintings and exhibiting them within the Union of Artists. Around the same time he was invited to paint a series of portraits for the U.S. Embassy staff however he eventually had to curtail his work on the portraits after the KGB became suspicious of his involvement with Americans because of books he had read during his time with the military.
In 1990 he showed works in Germany together with two other Russian artists; he visited Los Angeles for a show and stayed in the United States.
In 1991 he allowed his dream to become reality. For a while he was able to rent a small home garage in Los Angeles in which to paint, but couldn't find anywhere to display them. He earned his money by drawing people on the pier in Santa Monica. Eventually he spent his savings on a ticket to Hawaii and slept on the beach in Santa Monica until the flight left days later.
His art was first noticed by the Asian continent and then spread into America. In 2001 he opened his first gallery, Kush Fine Art in Lahaina, Hawaii. He also now has another Kush Fine Art Gallery in Laguna Beach, California.
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藝苑掇英 Vladimir Kush 弗拉基米爾·庫什 (1965) Surrealism Russian
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Vladimir Kush (born 1965) is a Russian born surrealist painter and sculptor. He studied at the Surikov Moscow Art Institute, and after several years working as an artist in Moscow, his native city, he emigrated to the United States, eventually establishing his own gallery on the island of Maui in Hawaii. His oil paintings are also sold as giclée prints which contributed to his popularity and led to the establishment of further galleries in Laguna Beach, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2011 Kush won the First Prize in Painting at the Artistes du Monde international exhibition in Cannes.
Vladimir Kush was born in Russia, in a one-story wooden house near the Moscow forest-park Sokolniki.
At the age of seven Vladimir began to attend art school until late evening where he became acquainted with the works of great artists of the Renaissance, famous Impressionists, and Modern Artists.
Vladimir entered the Moscow Higher Art and Craft School at age 17, but a year later he was conscripted. After six months of military training the unit commander thought it more appropriate to employ him exclusively for peaceful purposes, namely, painting propagandistic posters.
After military service and graduating the Institute of Fine Arts, Vladimir painted portraits on Arbat Street to support his family during the hard times in Russia.
In the year 1987, Vladimir began to take part in exhibitions organized by the Union of Artists. At a show in Coburg, Germany in 1990, nearly all his displayed paintings sold and after closing the exhibition, he flew to Los Angeles where 20 of his works were exhibited and began his “American Odyssey.”
In Los Angeles, Kush worked in a small, rented home garage, but was unable to find a place to display his paintings. He earned money by drawing portraits on the Santa Monica pier and eventually was able to purchase a ticket to his “Promised Land,” Hawaii.
In 1993, a dealer from France noticed the originality of Kush’s work and organized an exhibition in Hong Kong. Success surpassed all expectations. In 1995, a new exhibition in Hong Kong at the Mandarin Fine Art Gallery brought more success. In 1997 he had a new start in the USA exhibiting in the galleries in Lahaina, Hawaii and in Seattle. In 2001 Kush opened his first gallery, Kush Fine Art in Lahaina, Hawaii. He now has 4 gallery locations in the USA with future plans to open more galleries around the world.
弗拉基米爾·庫什（生於1965年）是俄羅斯出生的超現實主義畫家和雕塑家。他曾在蘇里科夫莫斯科藝術學院學習，在他的故鄉莫斯科擔任藝術家多年後，他移民到美國，最終在夏威夷的毛伊島建立了自己的畫廊。他的油畫也作為giclée印刷品出售，這有助於他的受歡迎程度，並導致在加利福尼亞州拉古納海灘和內華達州拉斯維加斯建立更多的畫廊。 2011年，Kush在戛納的Artistes du Monde國際展覽會上獲得了繪畫一等獎。
弗拉基米爾·庫什出生於俄羅斯，在莫斯科森林公園索科爾尼基附近的一層木屋裡。
七歲時，弗拉基米爾開始上藝術學校直到深夜，在那裡他結識了文藝復興時期偉大藝術家，著名印象派和現代藝術家的作品。
弗拉基米爾17歲時進入莫斯科高等藝術和工藝學校，但一年後他被徵召入伍。經過六個月的軍事訓練，單位指揮官認為將他專門用於和平目的更為合適，即繪製宣傳海報。
在服兵役並畢業於美術學院之後，弗拉基米爾在阿爾巴特街畫了肖像，以支持他的家人在俄羅斯的艱難時期。
1987年，弗拉基米爾開始參加由藝術家聯盟組織的展覽。 1990年在德國科堡舉辦的一場展覽中，幾乎所有展出的畫作都已售出，在展覽結束後，他飛往洛杉磯，展出了他的20件作品並開始了他的“美國奧德賽”。
在洛杉磯，庫什在一個小型的租來的家庭車庫里工作，但卻無法找到展示他的畫作的地方。他通過在聖莫尼卡碼頭上畫肖像賺錢，最終能夠購買他的“應許之地”夏威夷的門票。
1993年，來自法國的經銷商注意到了庫什工作的原創性，並在香港組織了一次展覽。成功超越了所有人的期望。 1995年，在香港文華美術館舉辦的新展覽取得了更大的成功。 1997年，他在美國有一個新的開始，在拉海納，夏威夷和西雅圖的畫廊展出。 2001年，庫什在夏威夷拉海納開設了他的第一家畫廊 - 庫什美術館。他現在在美國有4個畫廊，未來計劃在世界各地開設更多畫廊。
Vladimir Kush
Vladimir Kush is a Russian-born surrealist painter and sculptor, although he prefers to refer to his art as metaphorical realism.
He was born in 1965 in Moscow and first began drawing and showing artistic ability at the age of three or four. He would often sit on his father's lap and finish drawings his father started. He started attending an art school at the age of seven in Russia. The first half of his day was spent in regular school, meeting requirements, and the second half of the day was spent in art classes until 9pm. He entered the Moscow Art Institute at age 17, and when he went for his mandatory two years of military service at 18 was soon set to painting murals and canvases rather than regular infantry duties.
The artists who he says have influenced his style since his first experience in art school are Monet, Botticelli, Bosch, van Gogh, Dürer, Schinkel, Vermeer, and Dali to name a few. Bored with the Cézanne-style painting his art school concentrated on, Kush switched to surreal images as a teenager and painted his first surreal picture at the age of 14. He experimented with different styles of impressionism after seeing a book of Salvador Dalí's work in the late 1980s but it didn't appeal because shape was lost in the style. Strongly influenced by his father (a scientist), he believes that realistic paintings show the artist's professional skill and draw the viewer in so that they accept the impossible images enough to see the metaphors in them and explore the different layers of meaning.
In 1987, he began to sell his paintings and exhibiting them within the Union of Artists. Around the same time he was invited to paint a series of portraits for the U.S. Embassy staff however he eventually had to curtail his work on the portraits after the KGB became suspicious of his involvement with Americans because of books he had read during his time with the military.
In 1990 he showed works in Germany together with two other Russian artists; he visited Los Angeles for a show and stayed in the United States.
In 1991 he allowed his dream to become reality. For a while he was able to rent a small home garage in Los Angeles in which to paint, but couldn't find anywhere to display them. He earned his money by drawing people on the pier in Santa Monica. Eventually he spent his savings on a ticket to Hawaii and slept on the beach in Santa Monica until the flight left days later.
His art was first noticed by the Asian continent and then spread into America. In 2001 he opened his first gallery, Kush Fine Art in Lahaina, Hawaii. He also now has another Kush Fine Art Gallery in Laguna Beach, California.
Vladimir Kush
Vladimir Kush is a Russian-born surrealist painter and sculptor, although he prefers to refer to his art as metaphorical realism.
He was born in 1965 in Moscow and first began drawing and showing artistic ability at the age of three or four. He would often sit on his father's lap and finish drawings his father started. He started attending an art school at the age of seven in Russia. The first half of his day was spent in regular school, meeting requirements, and the second half of the day was spent in art classes until 9pm. He entered the Moscow Art Institute at age 17, and when he went for his mandatory two years of military service at 18 was soon set to painting murals and canvases rather than regular infantry duties.
The artists who he says have influenced his style since his first experience in art school are Monet, Botticelli, Bosch, van Gogh, Dürer, Schinkel, Vermeer, and Dali to name a few. Bored with the Cézanne-style painting his art school concentrated on, Kush switched to surreal images as a teenager and painted his first surreal picture at the age of 14. He experimented with different styles of impressionism after seeing a book of Salvador Dalí's work in the late 1980s but it didn't appeal because shape was lost in the style. Strongly influenced by his father (a scientist), he believes that realistic paintings show the artist's professional skill and draw the viewer in so that they accept the impossible images enough to see the metaphors in them and explore the different layers of meaning.
In 1987, he began to sell his paintings and exhibiting them within the Union of Artists. Around the same time he was invited to paint a series of portraits for the U.S. Embassy staff however he eventually had to curtail his work on the portraits after the KGB became suspicious of his involvement with Americans because of books he had read during his time with the military.
In 1990 he showed works in Germany together with two other Russian artists; he visited Los Angeles for a show and stayed in the United States.
In 1991 he allowed his dream to become reality. For a while he was able to rent a small home garage in Los Angeles in which to paint, but couldn't find anywhere to display them. He earned his money by drawing people on the pier in Santa Monica. Eventually he spent his savings on a ticket to Hawaii and slept on the beach in Santa Monica until the flight left days later.
His art was first noticed by the Asian continent and then spread into America. In 2001 he opened his first gallery, Kush Fine Art in Lahaina, Hawaii. He also now has another Kush Fine Art Gallery in Laguna Beach, California.