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At 21: Gifts and Promised Gifts in Honor of The Contemporary Museum's 20th Anniversary
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The Contemporary Museum –
Makiki Heights
2411 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822
Main: (808) 526-1322; Exhibition Info: 526-0232; Café Reservations: 523-3362
2411 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822
Main: (808) 526-1322; Exhibition Info: 526-0232; Café Reservations: 523-3362
October 28,
2009
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Contact: Allison Wong, Interim Executive Director
(808) 237-5214; Fax: (808) 536-5970; E-mail: AWong@tcmhi.org; Twitter: TCMHonolulu
Facebook: TCMHI
Contact: Allison Wong, Interim Executive Director
(808) 237-5214; Fax: (808) 536-5970; E-mail: AWong@tcmhi.org; Twitter: TCMHonolulu
Facebook: TCMHI
At 21: Gifts and Promised
Gifts in Honor of The Contemporary Museum’s 20th Anniversary
November 13, 2009 – January 24, 2010
Organized by TCM; Curator: James Jensen, Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Collections
November 13, 2009 – January 24, 2010
Organized by TCM; Curator: James Jensen, Deputy Director for Exhibitions and Collections
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
13, 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.
This 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, Enrique Martinez Celaya, Robert Longo, Ron Kent, Alex Katz, Ed Ruscha,
Roy DeForest, Peter Voulkos, Donald Sultan, Dorothy Faison, Manuel Neri, William
Wiley, Jane Hammond, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Vito Acconci and Davis
Levinthal.
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.”
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General Information:
The Contemporary Museum - Makiki Heights
Entry: One-Day Membership Pass: $8 Adults; $6 Students & Seniors; Members, Military with ID & Children 12 and under are free. (The fee for a one-day membership 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 TCM Café. 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 1 to 4 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.
General Information:
The Contemporary Museum - Makiki Heights
Entry: One-Day Membership Pass: $8 Adults; $6 Students & Seniors; Members, Military with ID & Children 12 and under are free. (The fee for a one-day membership 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 TCM Café. 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 1 to 4 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. with Gallery Talk at 7:30 p.m.
Docent
Tours: Third Thursdays at Noon.
Parking:
TCM Members enjoy validated parking.
Address:
999 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI 96813.
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