The art styles presented range from diverse figurative forms
to abstraction. “Artmaking in the [Hawaiian] Islands is richly
inflected with multiple and diverse tendencies, that intersect
and intertwine to create a unique map of time and space,”
said Marcia Morse, former art editor of Honolulu Advertiser
and guest curator of the exhibition.
“Legacy: Facets of Island Modernism offers a particular perspective
on a senior generation of Japanese-American artists with Island
roots who both individually and collectively have done much
to shape the art of Hawai‘i in the 20th century.”
The artists featured include Isami Doi, Keichi Kimura, Tetsuo
Ochikubo, Jerry Okimoto, deceased, and Saturo Abe, Bumpei
Akaji Sueko Kimura, Harue McVay, Tadashi Sato, Toshiko Takaezu,
and Harry Tsuchidana.
The artists have formal education from such schools as The
University of Hawai‘i-Manoa, Honolulu Academy of Arts, The
Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, The Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn Museum Art School, and Art Student League in New
York, The Art Institute of Chicago, and The Academy of Fine
Arts in Florence, Italy.
