The Capitol Modern Museum, formerly (until 2023) named the Hawaii State Art Museum, is located on the second floor of the No. 1 Capitol District Building in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.[1] Long known as HiSAM, the museum is operated by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

The museum consists of three galleries. In addition to changing temporary exhibitions, there is a permanent display of Hawaiian art. It reflects a mix of Hawaii's ethnic and cultural traditions through 132 works of art by 105 artists. In a wide variety of artistic styles, movements, and media, the exhibition illustrates the varied cultural influences that fuel the creativity of Hawaii's artists.[2]

Predominately comprising works dating from the 1960s to the present, the exhibition depicts the expression of artists throughout the state and their profound contributions toward understanding the people of Hawaii and their aspirations. Sculptor Satoru Abe (born 1926), sculptor Bumpei Akaji (1921–2002), sculptor Sean K. L. Browne (born 1953), sculptor Edward M. Brownlee (1929–2013), Mark Chai (born 1954), Jean Charlot (1898–1979), Isami Doi (1883–1931), Juliette May Fraser (1887–1983), Hon Chew Hee (1906–1993), ceramicist Jun Kaneko (born 1942), John Melville Kelly (1877–1962), Sueko Matsueda Kimura (1912–2001), ceramicist Sally Fletcher–Murchison (born 1933), printmaker Huc-Mazelet Luquiens (1881–1961), ceramicist David Kuraoka (born 1946), Ben Norris (1910–2006), Louis Pohl (1915–1999), sculptor Esther Shimazu (born 1957), Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell (1886–1985), Tadashi Sato (1954–2005), Reuben Tam (1916–1991), ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu (1922–2011), Masami Teraoka (born 1936), Madge Tennent (1889–1972), and sculptor Michael Tom (1946–1999) are among the artists whose works are on display.

References

  1. ↑ "Hawaii State Art Museum renames itself Capitol Modern". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. September 21, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Hawaii State Art Museum". penzu.com. Retrieved October 3, 2022.

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