Author: Jim Hodges

Quotes

However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it.

However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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