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Llyn Foulkes (American, born 1934). "Untitled," 1992. Oil on board w…
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In the House: Recent Acquisitions
In the House: Recent Acquisitions features a selection of primarily contemporary works acquired by the museum over the last few years. Consisting of gifts from the Dawn and Duncan MacNaughton collection, the James Jensen Estate, as well as other gifts and purchases, the exhibition provides visitors an opportunity to see firsthand how recent … DETAILS
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Duncan Dempster, "Rhombus," 2018. Screenprint on plywood
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Exhibitions at HoMA First Hawaiian Center
New Ways of Living: Duncan DempsterDuncan Dempster’s current body of mixed-media work explores concepts of nostalgia, memory, and perception through references to utopian architecture, design and pop culture. Incorporating abstraction, representation and optical illusion, Dempster’s colorful screenprints on small segments of plyw… DETAILS
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Honolulu Biennial 2019
The Honolulu Museum of Art is partnering with the Honolulu Biennial Foundation (HBF) as an institutional venue to present artworks by Kapulani Landgraf, Marie Watt, Nicholas Galanin, and the artist collective Postcommodity in conjunction with Honolulu Biennial 2019, To Make Wrong / Right / Now. Starting on March 9, the installations will spa… DETAILS
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Hayv Kahraman (b. 1981, Iraq), "Untitled" 2017. Oil on wooden pane…
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Hayv Kahraman: Superfluous Bodies
Los Angeles-based artist Hayv Kahraman (b. 1981; Baghdad, Iraq) explores themes of identity, memory, gender, and exile across paintings and sculptures that present and re-present the “colonized” female figure. She weaves, tears, patches, and reworks materials to create exquisite artworks th… DETAILS
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Religious Imagery in Modern Japanese Prints
Woodblock prints depicting mandalas and other Buddhist imagery date back to the Muromachi period (1392–1573), long before the popularization of ukiyo-e prints in the 17th century. Though many ukiyo-e artists active during the Edo period (1615–1868) chose to focus upon the pursuit of worldly pleasure, Japanese printmaking in the 2… DETAILS
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BATIK: An Exhibition of Work by Liz Train and Students
Batik is an Indonesian word meaning writing with wax. Waxed areas create a resist design that dyes and paint cannot penetrate. Traditional batik techniques involve successive applications of wax and dye, submerging the fabric in a dye vat one color at a time and layering the wax resist. In this class we use a more modern technique of paintin… DETAILS
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Melissa Chimera, "New Country," 2018. Oil, ink, silk, paper on canva…
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Melissa Chimera: Migrant
Hawai‘i Island-based artist Melissa Chimera engages present-day conversations around human migration by exploring her own genealogical history as a descendant of immigrants from the Philippines and Lebanon. Her most recent series draws upon archived material held in familial and public collections, including government-issued documents… DETAILS
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Spring 2019 Young Artist Exhibition
A showcase of new artwork created by the young artists of HoMA School and Spalding House during the 2019 spring semester. The HoMA Young Artist program is dedicated to promoting a love of the arts while fostering the growth of young artists through the exploration of various media and techniques. This exhibition features original work by art… DETAILS
