Critic's Choice

Mini-reviews of current exhibits by Advertiser art critic Virginia Wageman

A Printmaker in Paradise: The Life and Art of Charles W. Bartlett (Honolulu Academy of Arts, through Sunday, 532-8700): A master of the Japanese style of ukiyo-e printmaking, Bartlett lived in Honolulu from 1917 until his death 23 years later.

He was instrumental in founding the Honolulu Printmakers organization. This important survey of his career includes the prints by which he is best known as well as paintings and watercolors.

Pay Attention: I Hope You Learned Your Lesson (The Contemporary Museum, through Sunday, 526-1322): Contemporary artworks belonging to the late Laila Twigg-Smith reflect the collector's distinctive taste — quirky and idiosyncratic but always with a discerning eye and always on the cutting edge.

Among the artists represented are Jennifer Bartlett, Jonathan Borofsky, Richard Diebenkorn, Jim Dine, Jenny Holzer, Roy Lichtenstein, Elizabeth Murray and William Wegman.