• At 20: The Sharon and Thurston Twigg-Smith Collection of H. C. Westermann
December 18, 2008 - February 22, 2009 - limited selection through March 8, 2009
At 20:
Docents' Choice
December 30, 2008 - February 22, 2009
The Contemporary Museum continued to celebrate its 20th anniversary year with a
special exhibition of eight masterworks personally selected by eight docents who were in
the museum's very first docent training class in 1988.
Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Collections James Jensen approached
each docent and asked them to select a favorite work from the collection for display
through February 22, 2009. The docents selected for the honor include Allyn Bromley,
Marcy Katz, Elizabeth Lacy, Marcia Morse, Susan Shea, Susan Soong, Sharon Twigg-Smith,
and Janet Weyenburg.
Artists featured include David Bates, Salomon Heurta, Nathan Oliveira,
Thomas Woodruff, William Wiley, Robert Graham, and Richard Tuttle. Each docent wrote a
label for their choice explaining why they selected the artwork for display. Some had
personal connections to the artist, or were touched or challenged in significant ways by
the artwork itself.
 DAVID
BATES, American, born 1952
Red’s Toys, 1984
oil on canvas
Gift of the Honolulu Advertiser Collection at Persis Corporation, 1992
WIILIAM WILEY,
American, born 1937
Green Shoes
Gift of Evelyn Twigg-Smith
in honor of The Contemporary Museum’s 20th Anniversary, 2008
Toskiko Takaezu Ceramics: Gifts from the Artist in
Honor of The Contemporary Museum's 20th Anniversary and Promised Gifts from Hawaii
Collections
January 16, 2008 – February 22, 2009
 Hawaii-born in 1922, Toshiko Takaezu, recognized internationally as one of the
innovators and masters of contemporary ceramic art, has had a long association with The
Contemporary Museum, beginning with an exhibition of her work in 1967 at the Honolulu
Advertiser Gallery. Over the years, many of her works have been donated to TCM. This
exhibition will feature these gifts. In addition, the exhibition will include other
Takaezu works from local private collections, which are gifts and promised gifts to TCM
in honor of the artist and of the museum’s 20th anniversary.
Closed
Form, 1990s
glazed porcelain - 20 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches
Gift of the artist in honor of The Contemporary Museum's 20th Anniversary, 2008
Photo Credit: Brad Goda
The Puppet Show
September 6 - November 23, 2008
The Contemporary Museum Biennial of Hawaii Artists (VIII)
March 29 - August 17, 2008
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