ArtPrize KANOA

This is the story of Kanoa and the Moth, an adolescent boy whose name means "the free one." He lives in Southeast Asia where giant moths like this one are found.

Kanoa and the Moth is a bronze sculpture created for ArtPrize. Kanoa means "the free one" in Hawaiin. He has found a giant moth and is caging it in his hands and is just about to let it go free. The sculpture weighs about 215 pounds and is designed to be exhibited outdoors near a pond or in a garden.