Starting on Wednesday, Nov. 21, our current contemporary exhibition Making Waves—which is located in the Clare Boothe Luce Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art and features artwork by women artists who are inspired by the fundamental element of water—will be refreshed with 17 new works on paper pieces. In addition, 21 works will come down.
Many of the works are by the same artists (so don’t worry, fans of Kenda North and Suda House), but there are several new artists going on view, including Georgia O’Keeffe and former Hawai‘i-based artist Dana Teruya Len.
The list of works going on view are included below:
Carol Bennett (American, born 1954)
Swimmer, 1991
Oil on wood panel
Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and gift of Sharon and Thurston Twigg‑Smith (TCM.2009.23.19)
Linda Connor (American, born 1944)
Seven Pools, Maui, Hawaii, 1978
Toned gelatin silver print
Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and gift of James Jensen (TCM.2002.56.2)
April Gornik (American, born 1953)
Moon & Sea, 1991
Color softground and spitbite etching
Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and gift of Burt and Jane Berman (TCM.1999.55.8)
Suda House (American, born 1951)
Leda, 1984
Chromogenic prints
Gifts of Suda House, 2014 (2014‑53‑01; 2014‑53‑02)
Suda House (American, born 1951)
Palaemon, 1984
Chromogenic prints
Gifts of Suda House, 2014 (2014‑53‑01; 2014‑53‑02)
California-based artist Suda House’s Aqueous Myths series, taken with a large-format 4 x 5 camera, was inspired by her experiences as an award winning rough-water swimmer. These images were created by photographing a model in a homemade plastic pool surrounded by props such as artificial plants, fish, cellophane, and glitter. The artworks were titled after mythological figures associated with the ocean. In the ancient Greek legends, the princess Leda was seduced by the god Zeus who took the form of a swan; while the sea god Palaemon was believed to come to the aid of sailors in peril.
Kapulani Landgraf (American, born 1966)
Mokapu, 1990
Gelatin silver print
Gift from Henry B. Clark, Jr., 1994 (25376)
Home
Dana Teruya Len (American, born 1972)
Home, 2000
Silver gelatin prints and thread
Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and purchased with funds given by James Napier (TCM.2002.41)
Born and raised in Honolulu, Dana Teruya Len’s work is influenced by the multicultural community of her youth and her own bi-racial background. Len uses multiple images which have been manipulated and altered by a computer, printed, and then sewn together to produce quilt forms. These works serve as personal documentations for Len and as expressive vehicles for issues and dynamics of family, ethnicity, history and culture.<
Kenda North (American, born 1951)
Cara, 2009‑2014
Ultrachrome pigment prints
Gifts of Kenda North, 2014 (2014‑34‑03; 2014‑34‑04)
Kenda North (American, born 1951)
Touch, 2012‑2014
Ultrachrome pigment prints
Gifts of Kenda North, 2014 (2014‑34‑03; 2014‑34‑04)
Using a high-resolution digital camera in an underwater housing, photographer Kenda North creates pictures that convey a sense of buoyancy, fluidity and weightlessness. These photographs from the Submerged series incorporate figures within a field of blue, surrounded by flowing fabrics such as lace and tulle. The flattened spatial depth achieved by working beneath the water’s surface produces mysterious and otherworldly images.
Drawing II
Georgia O’Keeffe (American, 1887 ‑ 1986)
Drawing II, 1959
Charcoal on paper
Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and gift of The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation (TCM.2004.22)
Mari Sakamoto (American, born 1967)
Untitled, 1997
Acrylic on canvas
Anonymous gift in memory of Mary Grant Price, 2002 (11961.1)
Eve Sonneman (American, born 1946)
Lobster in Plastic, Cozumel, Mexico, 1983
Cibachrome print
Gift of James Jensen, 2004 (28154)
Pat Steir (American, born 1940)
At Sea #56, 1982
Watercolor and crayon on rice paper
Bequest of Karl K. Ichida in honor of Robert S. Ichida and Marie M. Ichida, 1994 (25576)
Big Fall, Black and White
Pat Steir (American, born 1940)
Big Fall, Black and White, 1991
Soapground and spitbite aquatint
Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and gift of Sharon and Thurston Twigg‑Smith (TCM.2009.23.171)
Pat Steir’s “Waterfall” paintings and prints are created by oversaturating a brush with paint, or in the case of Big Fall, Black and White, with an acid mixture applied to the surface of a printmaking plate prepared with powdered rosin. The acid bites into the texturized surface, creating pits and grooves, which will then hold ink. The aquatint technique permits Steir to initiate the process, while allowing the medium to flow freely down the surface of the plate. The resulting collaboration between the artist and the natural process of gravity produces an image at once spontaneous and controlled.
Bruna Stude (American, born 1958)
Ocean #16, 2008
Archival pigment prints on watercolor paper, mounted on aluminum
Purchase with funds from friends of Dr. Timothy Y.C. Choy in his honor, 2009 (31488; 31487)
Bruna Stude (American, born 1958)
Ocean #9, 2008
Archival pigment prints on watercolor paper, mounted on aluminum
Purchase with funds from friends of Dr. Timothy Y.C. Choy in his honor, 2009 (31488; 31487)
Janica Yoder (American, born 1950)
Rompecabezas (Riddle), 1993
Cibachrome prints
Gift of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2011, and gift of the artist (TCM.1995.2)
To create her multi-panel pieces such as Rompecabezas (Spanish for riddle or puzzle), Janica Yoder gathered an assortment of images taken at different times and grouped them together based on instinct for what worked visually and thematically. While her subject matter is derived from her history and surroundings, Yoder leaves it up to the viewer to discover their own interpretation.
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Making Waves is on view until Feb. 3.