Post by Chris Wolfe on Feb 15, 2005 17:46:26 GMT -5
PERSA ZULA
SNAPSHOT REPORTER
On January 28th, 2005, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland opened an exhibit featuring Jim Hodges’ past ten years of artwork. With a focus on the effects of light on perception, the works ranged from “paintings” composed of lightbulbs, to shards of mirror, Prismacolor drawings, and scarves.
“happy / sunset-sunrise (in my beginning is my end –T.S. Elliot)” is a large Prismacolor drawing featuring two images fanning out into each other with warm analogous colors, among a few lines of complimentary shades. “With”, composed of lightbulbs, ceramic sockets, wood and metal panels, stands 31.5 x 63 inches. This piece featured cooler analogous colors coming into each other at a blindingly white center.
Hodges’ use of everyday materials seems to convey the idea that art is freely accessible to all people as a form of creation and creativity. Things such as lightbulbs are easily found at local hardware stores; mirrors found almost in every household; and materials like scarves are an everyday accessory of clothing. His work focuses more on the abstract and the unknown, the undefinable, yet its primary focus is on light.
“As a material, light is mutable and responsive. Light fades, cast shadows, activates and blends colors, reflects, reveals, or blinds. It can entice or repel… light represents spirit, energy, inspiration, and hope…”
From this, we get the idea that Hodges believes that light is the perfect medium for expression, as it is multifaceted and malleable to an artist’s desire to communicate effectively to his audience.
I was particularly intrigued by his use of lightbulbs in multiple colors, shapes, and sizes. While viewing Hodges’ work, I wasn’t able to decode the message he was conveying, yet I felt that certain emotions reflected through the flow of the work and the color choices came through clearly. His work was extremely aesthetically pleasing, and I felt that the placement of the works were deliberate and effective in drawing the viewer in for a closer look.
E-mail this reporter at:
photozula@yahoo.com
SNAPSHOT REPORTER
On January 28th, 2005, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland opened an exhibit featuring Jim Hodges’ past ten years of artwork. With a focus on the effects of light on perception, the works ranged from “paintings” composed of lightbulbs, to shards of mirror, Prismacolor drawings, and scarves.
“happy / sunset-sunrise (in my beginning is my end –T.S. Elliot)” is a large Prismacolor drawing featuring two images fanning out into each other with warm analogous colors, among a few lines of complimentary shades. “With”, composed of lightbulbs, ceramic sockets, wood and metal panels, stands 31.5 x 63 inches. This piece featured cooler analogous colors coming into each other at a blindingly white center.
Hodges’ use of everyday materials seems to convey the idea that art is freely accessible to all people as a form of creation and creativity. Things such as lightbulbs are easily found at local hardware stores; mirrors found almost in every household; and materials like scarves are an everyday accessory of clothing. His work focuses more on the abstract and the unknown, the undefinable, yet its primary focus is on light.
“As a material, light is mutable and responsive. Light fades, cast shadows, activates and blends colors, reflects, reveals, or blinds. It can entice or repel… light represents spirit, energy, inspiration, and hope…”
From this, we get the idea that Hodges believes that light is the perfect medium for expression, as it is multifaceted and malleable to an artist’s desire to communicate effectively to his audience.
I was particularly intrigued by his use of lightbulbs in multiple colors, shapes, and sizes. While viewing Hodges’ work, I wasn’t able to decode the message he was conveying, yet I felt that certain emotions reflected through the flow of the work and the color choices came through clearly. His work was extremely aesthetically pleasing, and I felt that the placement of the works were deliberate and effective in drawing the viewer in for a closer look.
E-mail this reporter at:
photozula@yahoo.com