The Contemporary Museum – Makiki Heights
2411 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822
Main: (808) 526-1322; Exhibition Info: 526-0232; Café Reservations: 523-3362
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release May 13, 2009
Contact: Charlie Aldinger, Director of Museum Advancement;
Ph: (808) 237-5231; Fax: (808) 536-5970; E-mail:
caldinger@tcmhi.org
Web Site: http://www.tcmhi.org
TCM Exhibition Celebrates
Gifts and Promised Gifts
Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts
Awards Grant
This fall, the exhibition At 21: Gifts
and Promised Gifts in Honor of The
Contemporary Museum's 20th Anniversary, will
end a year-long celebration of the museum's
20th anniversary. Opening November 14,
2009 and remaining on view through January
24, 2010, this exhibition presents
highlights of major gifts and promised gifts
made to TCM in recent years. Many of
the works have not been on public display
previously. The exhibition is organized by
James Jensen, Deputy Director of Collections
and Exhibitions, at TCM. The exhibition is
being supported in part by a grant from the
Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts, City
and County of Honolulu. The is the first
grant TCM has received from the City and
County of Honolulu.
Earlier this year TCM exhibited the
extraordinary 20th anniversary gifts from
Sharon and Thurston Twigg-Smith of their
collection comprising over 60 H.C.
Westermann works and also gifts from Toshiko
Takaezu, including 24 of her ceramic works.
At 21 focuses on the many other gifts and
promised gifts which TCM has received from
2007 through 2009. These come from
collectors, galleries, artists and friends
both here in Hawai'i and from elsewhere.
The works greatly enhance many areas of
the collection, including paintings,
sculpture, drawings, prints, ceramics, wood
and glass. Among the artists
represented in the exhibition are Paul
Wonner, David Bates, William Wegman, Candida
Hofer, Kerry James Marshall, James Surls,
Esther Shimazu, Romare Bearden, Enrique
Martinez Celaya, Thomas Struth, Robert
Longo, Ron Kent, Alex Katz, Ed Ruscha,
Robert Brady, Roy DeForest, Jim Nutt, Dale
Chihuly, Peter Voulkos, Nathan Oliveira,
Masami Teraoka, and Tadashi Sato.
TCM's collection has grown in
international significance in the 21 years
since the founding of the museum in 1988.
Founder Thurston Twigg-Smith donated his
personal collection of 1200 works of art as
the foundation for the museum. It has
since grown to over 3,000 under the careful
curatorship of Deputy Director of
Exhibitions and Collections James Jensen.
The collection includes a large selection of
works by artists of Hawaii, in addition to
works by artists from the continental United
States, and a growing representation of
artists from Australia, Europe, Japan, and
Latin America.
Particular strengths in TCM's collections
are photography, contemporary ceramics and
ceramic sculpture, and works on paper.
TCM also has one of the world's largest
public collections of turned wood in
America, including works by Rob Fleming,
Edward Moulthrop, Bob Stocksdale, Michelle
Holzapfel, among many others. TCM is the
only museum in Hawaii devoted exclusively to
contemporary art-the art of our day and our
time.
"This exhibition represents the
commitment to our community by our donors
and patrons," said Jensen. "TCM is
continuing to expand its collections
selectively so that we can provide better
programming and art educational
opportunities for our island community which
is geographically situated so far from the
centers of art."
For more information about The Contemporary
Museum or At 21, visit our website at
www.tcmhi.org;
Exhibition Info: (808) 526-0232; Reception
Desk: (808) 526-1322. Third Thursdays are
free entry days!
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Paul Wonner, American, (1920-2008)
To Flora (Second Version), 1985
acrylic on canvas
73 x 94 inches
Gift of Evelyn Twigg-Smith in honor of
The Contemporary Museum's 20th anniversary,
2008
General Information:
The Contemporary Museum - Makiki Heights
Entry: One-Day Membership Pass - $8 Adults; $6 Students & Seniors; Members & Children 12 and
under are free. (Cost of a one-day pass may be applied to the cost of an annual membership on
the day of issue.) It is always free to visit the Museum Shop or The Contemporary Café. Third
Thursdays are free entry days! Museum and Shop Hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.;
Sunday from Noon to 4 p.m.; Closed Mondays and major holidays. The Contemporary Café Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Sunday from Noon to 2:30 p.m. Café
Reservations: (808) 523-3362. Docent Tours: Tuesday-Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Cades Library Hours:
Tuesday & Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m.; or by special appointment. Parking: Free. On The Bus: #15
to Makiki Heights Drive-stops in front of the Museum. Address: 2411 Maikiki Heights Drive,
Honolulu, HI 96822. Exhibitions/Events Line: (808) 526-0232. Tours/Administration: (808)
526-1322; Web Site: www.tcmhi.org. Membership: (808) 237-5219.
The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center: Entry: Free. Hours: Monday-Thursday from
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Closed on weekends and banking holidays;
First Fridays: 7-9 p.m. Docent Tours: Third Thursdays at Noon. Parking: TCM Members enjoy
validated parking at FHC. Address: 999 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813.
For all press inquiries, please contact Charlie Aldinger, Director of Museum Advancement, at (808)237-5231
or via e-mail at caldinger@tcmhi.org.
