Past Exhibitions | 2002 - 2005

Summertime

June 3, 2005 - September 3, 2005

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Quasimodo
by Carol Bennett

Celebrating the themes and images of warm weather months, Summertime featured nearly 100 artworks from the Art in Public Places Collection. Arranged thematically to evoke the feelings, experiences, and memories of summer, the exhibition featured a wide range of works on paper, paintings, sculptures, ceramics, fiber works, and mixed media pieces created by nearly 100 artists who, in large part, have been inspired by Hawai‘i’s beauty and cultural traditions.

Reflecting Hawai‘i
March 4, 2005 - September 3, 2005

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Hawaiian Style Fenceline
by Vicki Penney-Rohner

Reflecting Hawai‘i offered windows on our island home. These works urged us to witness nature's miracles, see the play of light and shadow, and hear the paniolo talking story. They displayed local-style humor, reverence for the land and beauty in the every day. Through them, we felt life's rhythm, observed cultures intermingling, and taking part in human connections as experienced only in Hawai‘i. To see a selection of work from the exhibition, click here.

Inner Scapes
September 16, 2004 - February 27, 2005

Inner Scapes presented abstract paintings and sculptures selected from the Art in Public Places Collection. This exhibition traced the influences and trends of Abstract Expressionism from a regional perspective, bringing Hawai`i abstract traditions up to the present. The works were inspired by the many facets of nature – vast landscapes, a sense of place, bodies of water, passage of time, the kinetic quality of light, changing seasons, man’s relation to the cosmos, and the elements. For a walk through the gallery, click here.

Enriched by Diversity
May 3, 2002 - May 2008

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Aunty Edith Kanaka‘ole Chanting in
the Koa Forest, Kipuka Puaulu,
Volcano, Hawai‘i
by Franco Salmoiraghi

This exhibition reflected a mix of Hawai‘i's 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‘i's 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‘i's 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‘i's unique geographic location and its history as a crossroads for people and ideas.

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