{"id":236836,"date":"2016-09-20T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T20:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=236836"},"modified":"2016-09-20T06:00:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T20:00:45","slug":"paul-jacoulet-art-exhibit-opens-t-galleria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/paul-jacoulet-art-exhibit-opens-t-galleria\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Jacoulet art exhibit opens at T Galleria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-236836 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/paul-jacoulet-art-exhibit-opens-t-galleria\/jacoulet-pix-1\/'>jacoulet-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-236837'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Paul Jacoulet art exhibit in the white box at DFS last Sept. 16. (Erwin Encinares)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/paul-jacoulet-art-exhibit-opens-t-galleria\/jacoulet-pix-2-2\/'>jacoulet-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-236838'>\n\t\t\t\tPaul Jacoulet, second top left, poses with Gregorio San Nicolas Sablan, second top right. Bottom from right, Rita Sablan-Diaz, Mathilde Sablan-Diaz, and Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan\u2019s father (the baby). (Erwin Encinares)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/paul-jacoulet-art-exhibit-opens-t-galleria\/jacoulet-pix-3\/'>jacoulet-pix-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-236839'>\n\t\t\t\tFrances Arriola poses with the original portrait of Rita Sablan-Diaz in hand. (Erwin Encinares)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/paul-jacoulet-art-exhibit-opens-t-galleria\/jacoulet-pix-4\/'>jacoulet-pix-4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-236840'>\n\t\t\t\tMilan Rabold says a few words during the Paul Jacoulet art exhibit opening. (Erwin Encinares)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>DFS Saipan, in collaboration with the Northern Marianas Humanities Council, is hosting an art exhibit featuring the Japanese-styled woodblock portraits made by Paul Jacoulet, a French artist who visited Saipan and other Micronesian islands during 1920 to 1930. The exhibit started on Sept. 15 at the T Galleria in Garapan.<\/p>\n<p>DFS Saipan general manager Milan Rabold shared that the event is the very first exhibition hosted by the luxury brand store. A special stage for the portraits were constructed just for the event, with plans for holding other art exhibitions in the future. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time we have converted our store into an exhibition space. We call it the white box. We are using it today to exhibit Paul Jacoulet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rabold also shared that DFS is also exerting efforts to attract tourists who shop at the T Galleria to look at the art exhibit, as the tourists are curious about the CNMI. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to further the local arts and history and show our customers what the islands are all about. That is what the customers want today, they want to know about the place, history, and culture,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was the Norther Marianas Humanities Council that came to us and offered this exhibition to us. We thought it was a great idea and we were happy to work with them and make it possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rabold said that the paintings are portraits of real people that were friends with Paul Jacoulet during his stay in the CNMI. \u201cThe paintings are actually portraits of local people, people that Jacoulet met when he was living here on Saipan. Today, you have the descendants of the people here at the store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DFS thinks that it is a good time to feature Paul Jacoulet at DFS, because of the Korean holiday known as Chuseok, which is the Korean version of Thanksgiving. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe as DFS want to help and promote the culture and history of Saipan. We have a lot of tourists that come through. Right now it is Chuseok, the Korean holiday so there is a lot of people on island. Yesterday there were eight flights that arrived from Korea. We just want to do our part to show our guests here on Saipan what this island is really about,\u201d said Rabold.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Marianas Housing Corp. corporate director Jesse Palacios\u2019 grand aunts Mathilde Sablan-Diaz and Rita Sablan-Diaz were amongst those who were featured in the art exhibit. \u201cIt\u2019s significant, really. It\u2019s really nice to see family members portrayed here. When I was young, I see my two grandma\u2019s sisters all the time growing up but I\u2019ve never really seen them from this [perspective] when they were younger. It kind of brings back memories,\u201d said Palacios. \u201cThey look like they\u2019re still alive. The paintings are very magnificent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joan Gill, an enthusiastic Paul Jacoulet fan was also present during the exhibit. \u201cMy husband (Peter Gill) is an enthusiastic Jacoulet collector, and I have been exposed to many of his works and we\u2019ve seen the entire collection at Pasadena, which was amazing. It\u2019s just thrilling to see it here in Micronesia,\u201d said Gill.<\/p>\n<p>She shared that the process of Japanese wood block printing was very tedious, and that Jacoulet created unique paintings because the techniques were usually used for painting landscapes by the Japanese. \u201cThe more people that are exposed, the better It\u2019s a fabulous exhibit of local beauty, and the actual technique of making these Japanese wood block paintings is incredible, so just the artistic value is exceptional and the depiction of the local women here on Saipan is just gorgeous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many descendants of the featured families flocked to the event. Among them was Frances Arriola, Palacios\u2019 aunt. Although she refused to be interviewed, she still posed for a picture while holding the original copy of Rita Sablan-Diaz\u2019s portrait. Rita and Mathilde Sablan-Diaz are Arriola\u2019s aunts.<\/p>\n<p>The Jacoulet art exhibit will be open to the public at the T Galleria until Oct. 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DFS Saipan, in collaboration with the Northern Marianas Humanities Council, is hosting an art exhibit&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":236837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26,300,11071,67],"class_list":["post-236836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-cnmi","tag-dfs","tag-paul-jacoulet","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}