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Exhibition Archive
(Updated February 2, 2010)
roidea 4 by Eli Baxter was on display in the Accession '09 exhibition.
Accession ’09
May 1, 2009 - January 16, 2010
A continuation of the past exhibition, Accession: Recent Acquisitions from the Art in Public Places Collection, that highlighted recent purchases, commissions, and gifts that demonstrate the exceptional work collected by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the Art in Public Places Collection.
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Portrait de Phyllis Dobson by Diego Rivera was on display in the
He Alo A He Alo exhibition.
He Alo A He Alo: Face to Face, Visions & Portraits of Hawai‘i
May 2, 2008 - August 8, 2009
He Alo A He Alo is an o‘lelo no‘eau, an Hawaiian expression that means coming into communion with someone else. In this exhibit, the viewer interacts with the fascinating world of other community members. On display are visionary artwork and portraits from the Art in Public Places Collection. The intimate works of art capture some of the essence of our Hawai‘i community by honoring the subjects of the portraits and the work of the artists. Some of the themes of the exhibition are Hawaiian heritage, Asian roots, social consciousness, and cultural traditions.
A few pieces included in the exhibit are a portrait of the late art patron, Phyllis "Dobson" Hume Spalding by the internationally renowned Mexican artist Diego Rivera; a formal portrait by artist Willson Y. Stamper, of Hawaiian Kumu Hula Master Rosalie Lokalia Montgomery, a recipient of the State of Hawai‘i Order of Distinction for Cultural Leadership; and a photographic portrait by Francis Haar of Hawai‘i artist Madge Tennent, whose towering painting of Two Sisters hangs in the Ewa Gallery.
The exhibition also features more recent works, including one by Tian Wei, who journeyed from China to Hawai‘i to study Western artistic traditions. In his 1988 self portrait, Wei makes a statement about his commitment to art: a brush, a dish, and the artist sitting stoically are framed by fiery calligraphy, reflecting his struggle with and passion for his chosen profession.
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EDC: Night Passage by Kenneth Bushnell was on display in the Accession: Recent Acquisitions from the Art in Public Places Collection exhibition.
Accession: Recent Acquisitions from the Art in Public
Places Collection
September 6, 2008 – July 18, 2009
This exhibition highlighted recent purchases, commissions, and gifts that demonstrates the exceptional work collected by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts for the Art in Public Places Collection. A few of the artists featured included Reiko Brandon, Kenneth Bushnell, Charles Higa, Jerry Okimoto, Laura Smith, and Toshiko Takaezu.
The Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts was established by the State Legislature in 1965 as the official arts agency of Hawai‘i. In 1967, the state’s role as patron of the arts was further augmented with the creation of the Art in Public Places Program, the first such program in the United States.
The Art in Public Places Collection includes over 5,000 works of art by more than 1,400 artists that have been acquired since the collection began in 1967.
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"Hawaiian Boy on Beach" by Francis Haar was featured in the Palolo Kids and Friends exhibition.
Palolo Kids and Friends
May 2, 2008 - April 2009
This exhibit featured black and white photographs of local children at play in Palolo, a residential neighborhood in Honolulu, made in the mid-70s by Eric Yanagi and Francis Haar. Thirty-five years later, these black and white images are now a window to a moment in time when kids could be kids and friends were forever.
A nostalgic reminder of the roots and fabric of our community in Hawai‘i. The images provided an opportunity to reflect on our communal past while provoking curiosity about where we’ve been, and where we are today. This exhibition reflected our surrounding community and provided a unique face-to-face communion with individuals, our Hawai‘i artists, and the stories we tell about ourselves and others.
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46th Annual Hawai‘i Regional Scholastic Art Awards 2009
February 6, 2009 – April 3, 2009
This exhibition featured art work by Hawai‘i students from grades 7-12.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program is the longest-running and most prestigious student arts recognition program in the United States. The Scholastic Awards were established in 1923 by M.R. Robinson to encourage, foster, and reward student creativity across the country.
This year marked the 46th year of the Hawai‘i Regional Scholastic Art Awards. This exhibition was sponsored by the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the Hawai‘i Department of Education, the Hawai‘i Association of Independent Schools, and the Hawai‘i Art Education Association. It recognized the creative excellence from Hawai‘i’s public and private school students in grades 7-12. This exhibition was a tribute the many hardworking public and private school arts teachers who volunteer each year to make this competition a reality.
The most outstanding works from hundreds of Hawai‘i students, in grades 7-12, throughout the islands received regional Gold Key Awards and Silver Key Awards. Of these finalists, five were nominated for the American Vision Award, the highest honor in the national competition. All Gold Key Awarded artworks go on to represent the Hawai‘i region in the national judging held each April in New York City.
The Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts presented the Tadashi Sato Living Art Scholarship to two Hawai‘i student artists. These monetary scholarships from the estate of Hawai‘i artist Tadashi Sato were awarded to the young artists whose work in this competition best exemplify Sato’s belief that emotional and spiritual influences flow through the artists creating “a living work of art.” This year, the Honolulu Design Center also presented scholarship awards to deserving photography students.
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Intertwine: A Selection of Hawai‘i Fiber Art
September 6, 2008 – January 17, 2009
The exhibit featured a selection of textile and fiber works from the Art in Public Places Collection. It showcased work spanning several decades, with a mix of styles, media, and techniques expressive of tradition and innovation, an opportunity to experience fiber art that is uniquely reflective of Hawai‘i’s diverse artistic and cultural heritage. The exhibition featured works by local artists including Wendy Kim Messier, Marcia Morse, Hester Robinson, and Jean Williams. Presented in conjunction with the 11th Biennial Symposium of the Textile Society of America, a special program the featured textile arts exhibitions at museums throughout Honolulu.
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uncommon objects
November 2, 2007 - September 2008
This exhibition showcased some of the finest works from the HSFCA Art in Public Places Collection, produced from media typically associated with craft - clay, wood, fiber, metal, and glass. Work by local, national, and international artists, including Satoru Abe, Michael Tom, Claude Horan, and Toshiko Takaezu were shown.
The exhibit celebrated the beauty found in common objects created with expert craftsmanship, tremendous skill and dexterity, a mastery of materials, and high levels of aesthetic achievement. Like the transformation of the word “craft,” objects presented in this show had themselves evolved. They ranged from utilitarian and functional objects to conceptual, decorative, and abstract pieces, challenging the viewer to question what is “craft.” Instead of providing a definition for this term, the exhibition provoked the viewer to re-conceptualize his or her notion of craft.
uncommon objects was neither chronological nor a presentation of the history of craft, but rather it was divided into a series of sections that explored common threads emerging in craft production over the last 40 years: Functional Beauty, Symbolic Functionalism, Aesthetic Experimentation: Exploration of Form and Surface, Transcending Boundaries, and Inspired by Place. The categories themselves were not steadfast, but allow for fluidity and openness similar to the constantly shifting definition of craft itself.
The selected pieces illustrated an impressive sampling of works collected over the HSFCA’s 40-year history. The exhibition thereby demonstrated the vibrancy of art produced in Hawai`i that was reflective of national and international art movements and Hawai`i’s own unique artistic fabric enriched by its cultural diversity and the prevalent influence of traditional Hawaiian craft and folk arts.
A video segment about the exhibition is available online: http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/1283/110/ .
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Enriched by Diversity: The Art of Hawai‘i
November 3, 2002 - September 2008
This exhibition reflected a mix of Hawai`is ethnic and cultural traditions through 132 works of art by 105 artists. In a wide variety of artistic styles, movements, and media, the exhibition illustrated the varied cultural influences that fuel the creativity of Hawai`is artists. Predominately comprised of works dating from the 1960s to the present, the exhibition depicted the expression of artists throughout the state and their profound contributions toward understanding the people of Hawai`i and their aspirations.
Throughout the exhibition, Western art forms blended with traditional folk art forms of Hawai`is multi-cultural population like Hawaiian kapa (bark cloth), `umeke (wooden calabash), and quilts, Japanese shizu embroidery and raku pottery. In much of the art, a Western aesthetic was combined with the traditional aesthetic of Pacific Island and Asian cultures, a testament to Hawai`is unique geographic location and its history as a crossroads for people and ideas.
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45th Annual Hawai‘i Region of the Scholastic Art Awards 2008
February 1-April 4, 2008
This annual art exhibition is a national recognition of the creative excellence among Hawai‘is public and private school students in grades 7-12. The local exhibition honors five American Award Winners, 100 Gold Key Award Winners, and 100 Silver Key Award Winners. A handful of selected top award winners will go on to compete on the national level.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program is the longest-running and most prestigious student arts recognition program in the U.S. The Awards were established in 1923 by M.R. Robinson to encourage, foster, and reward student creativity across the country. This year marks the 45th year of the Hawai‘i Region of the Scholastic Art Awards and is the first time the art exhibition is on display at the Hawai‘i State Art Museum. The exhibition is a tribute to the many hardworking public and private school arts teachers who volunteer each year to make this competition a reality.
The most outstanding works from hundreds of Hawai‘i students, in grades 7-12 throughout the islands, receive the regional Gold Key Awards and Silver Key Awards. Of these finalists, five are nominated for the American Vision Award, the highest honor in the national competition. These artists go on to represent the Hawai‘i region in the national judging held each April in New York City.
In 2008, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts will present the inaugural Tadashi Sato Living Art Scholarship to two Hawai‘i student artists. These monetary scholarships, from the estate of Hawai‘i artist Tadashi Sato, will be awarded to the young artists whose work in the competition best exemplify Satos belief that emotional and spiritual influences flow through the artist creating "a living work of art."
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Precious Resources: The Land & The Sea
October 6, 2006-September 8, 2007
Precious Resources: The Land & The Sea featured over 90 works of art inspired by Hawai`is natural environment. The artwork showed the importance of the land and sea which provides life-giving sustenance, natural beauty, and cultural traditions. Seven sub-themes - voyaging, ahupua`a, cultural traditions and explorations, woodwork, forest, learning to see again, and water and sea - offered insights into various facets of Hawai`is natural environment.
Featured artists included Allyn Bromley, Robert Hamada, Kathleen Kam, Herb Kane, Wayne Levin, Hiroki Morinoue, Louis Pohl, Franco Salmoiraghi, and John Wisnowsky.
The Exploration Station, an interactive gallery, was introduced that allowed visitors to experience art via hands-on displays.
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Art in Public Places
March 3, 2006-September 2, 2006
This exhibition explored Hawai`i’s Art in Public Places Program from 1967 to the present. As the first state in the nation to adopt a percent-for-art law, Hawai‘i became a leader in commissioning and displaying art in public places to beautify its state buildings and increase access to the arts.
The purpose of the exhibition was to introduce audiences to the concept of public art. A series of galleries described the commissioning process, highlighted public art projects, and provided a history of public art in the United States.
In addition, the exhibition emphasized the dialogue-based process used to develop projects. Blurring the line between exhibit concept and reality, the gallery space served as the site for actual meetings in which committees discussed future public art projects.
Artists featured in this exhibition included Bumpei Akaji, Carol Bennett, Sean Browne, Ed Carpenter, Jean Charlot, Betty Ecke, Kazu Kauinana, Tadashi Sato, and Michael Tom. Materials from their projects such as sketches, models, and concept descriptions illustrated the careful research, detailed work, and open process necessary to develop projects that speak to the surrounding community and enhance the built environment.
To help audiences understand and appreciate public art, the exhibition also included other educational tools and public programs. A media room screened a short film about Hawai`i’s Art in Public Places Program produced by Waianae High School Searider Productions. The exhibit also incorporated hands-on interactive elements that engaged the viewer and encourage their own exploration of public art. Throughout the run of the exhibit, a series of free public programs featured artist lectures and panel discussions.
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Inner Scapes
September 16, 2004-February 27, 2005
Inner Scapes featured abstract paintings and sculptures selected from the diverse holdings of the Art in Public Places Collection of the Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
Abstraction transformed the artistic expression of the 20th century. During and after World War II, European artists such as Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, Piet Mondrian, and Hans Hofmann relocated to the United States, settling in New York City. These modern artists influenced American painters and sculptors to depart from representational or realistic traditions to discover new means of expression.
With a new vision, in the 1940s and 1950s American artists such as Jackson Pollock, William De Kooning, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, and Helen Frankenthaler explored a freer and more personal way of seeing in the collective movement that became known as Abstract Expressionism. Hawai`i artists were influenced by these American and European trends.
In fact, many Hawai`i based artists such as Isami Doi, Tetsuo Ochikubo, Tadashi Sato, Harry Tsuchidana, and Reuben Tam spent time in New York City from the 1930s through the 1960s. These local artists later returned home having been deeply influenced with the language of abstraction. Inner Scapes traced these influences and trends from a regional perspective, bringing Hawai`i abstract traditions up to the present.
The exhibition featured 40 artists: Satoru Abe, Bumpei Akaji, Les Biller, Allyn Bromley, Kenneth Bushnell, Kuo-Neng Chen, Lee Chesney, Kim Chung, Roselle Davenport, Russell Davidson, Isami Doi, Betty Tseng Yuho Ecke, Helen Gilbert, Byron Goto, Richard Hayashida, Brian Isobe, Kazuo Kadonaga, Aiko Kameya, Sueko Kimura, John Kjargaard, John Tanji Koga, Alan Leitner, Alison Manaut, Rick Mills, Mary M. Mitsuda, Hiroki Morinoue, Ben Norris, Tetsuo Ochikubo, Timothy P. Ojile, Tadashi Sato, Frank Sheriff, Russell Sunabe, Reuben Tam, Michael Tom, Harry Tsuchidana, Laila Twigg-Smith, Daniel Wall, Sally and William Worcester, and John Young.
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