Author: Jim Hodges

Quotes

As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me.

As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me.

- Jim Hodges

When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.

When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.

- Jim Hodges

I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time.

I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time.

- Jim Hodges

Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing.

Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing.

- Jim Hodges

Color is an intense experience on its own.

Color is an intense experience on its own.

- Jim Hodges

It's as if I were collaborating with myself, revealing my relationship to the material. My hand would make the drawing. Then my mouth would transmit it.

It's as if I were collaborating with myself, revealing my relationship to the material. My hand would make the drawing. Then my mouth would transmit it.

- Jim Hodges

I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and my history, and the material was the perfect answer for that.

I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and my history, and the material was the perfect answer for that.

- Jim Hodges

I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me.

I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me.

- Jim Hodges

There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad range of work I make.

There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad range of work I make.

- Jim Hodges

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