Jim Hodges

Untitled, 2011, Gladstone Gallery, New York

Untitled (one day it all comes true), 2013

With the Wind, 1997, scarves, thread, 90 x 99 x 5”, Private Collection

Hello, Again,  1994-2003, Brass & pins, 25 x 21 x 7”

Hodges uses every variety of common items to create installation and collage offering visual images for universal ideas of love, beauty, identity and nature.  From the gigantic boulders to delicate fabric he presents visual delights.   

In Untiled, 2011, four huge boulders placed in a circle sparkle with metallic color painted on the inward facing surfaces as their texture changes from rough to smooth.  Originally placed on a hill top, the boulders threw out radiant color drawing people toward them.  Viewers standing in the center experience the enormity of nature and dazzling color.  Size & placement dramatize the installation.  

While driving in the country Hodges was inspired by an approaching storm to create Untitled (one day it all comes true).  Foreboding storm clouds swirl around piercing rays of light.  Denim fabric scraps and shreds twist and shift in violent change from almost white to darkest indigo.     

With the Wind moves to a more ephemeral experience of soft summer breezes. A collection of light, airy scarves wave  and flow in gently drifting soft colors.

Walkerart.org; Artnews, Jan 2014, p78-83