Hollis Taggart

About the Gallery
Hollis Taggart was founded in 1979, with a mission to present museum-quality works of art, maintain a program motivated by scholarship, and offer personalized support in all aspects of art collecting. For over 40 years, the gallery has offered significant works of American art, showcasing its trajectory from the Hudson River School to the American Modernism and Post-War and Contemporary movements through countless critically acclaimed shows developed in collaboration with the foremost leaders in the field. Hollis Taggart has also worked with more than thirty museums and institutions to produce scholarly catalogues.

About the Presentation
Hollis Taggart will present work by Dusti Bongé and Ralph Iwamoto in a duo presentation at Independent 20th Century. This presentation brings together the work of Dusti Bongé and Ralph Iwamoto to explore a pivotal moment in postwar American art, when early Surrealism gave way to abstraction. Bongé’s 1950s Surrealist paintings—particularly her Circus and Keyhole People series—capture her transition toward Abstract Expressionism, mirroring shifts in the broader art landscape. Iwamoto’s early works, rooted in his personal experience as a Japanese-American in postwar New York, similarly trace the movement from Surrealist introspection to geometric abstraction. Together, their work offers a timely lens on artistic transformation, identity, and the evolution of American modernism.