honoluluadvertiser.com

Sponsored by:

Comment, blog & share photos

Log in | Become a member
The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, November 9, 2001

Critic's Choice

"Remains of a Rainbow" (Honolulu Academy of Arts, through Dec. 30; 532-8700): Incredible photos of Hawai'i's endangered plants and animals by the acclaimed photographic team of David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton. They spent three years documenting on film rare species in intimate and dramatic closeups.

Madge Tennent and Chris Campbell (Cedar Street Galleries, through Dec. 2; 589-1580): A rare opportunity to see paintings, drawings and prints by Tennent (1889i1972), whose subject was Hawaiian women, whom she portrayed as graceful and dignified. In her unromanticized, straightforward portraits of Hawaiian women, Campbell today expresses the spirit that so engaged Tennent.

Robert Kushner (The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, through Dec. 5; 526-1322): Kushner works with a bold, bright palette, adding metallic leaf and glitter to further spark his wild colors and patterns. His subject is flowers of Hawai'i. Ginger, plumeria, hibiscus, heliconia and other blossoms are painted in a semi-abstract manner over exuberant abstract backgrounds.