Human bodies, and the relationships we have to our own bodies and the way that others present their bodies to us, are complex. Seven artists offer us their unique perspectives on the questions inherent in these relationships at East Hawaii Cultural Center’s new exhibition, “Em-bodied. Body Politics,” on view now through Nov. 26.

The exhibition encompasses a range of mediums, including photography, textile collage, video, drawings and installations. Two of the artists employ their bodies in the art, asking viewers to examine their discomfort with what they see.

Mitchell Squire is a former bodybuilder who started his plein-air self portraiture in 2020, exploring the socio-sexual effects of extractive economies and race, an effort that evolved through the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of B

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