Jim Hodges (b.1957) This (from Ordinary Life)

Jim Hodges (b.1957) This (from Ordinary Life) Mirror and motor, 1999, overall 559 x 406 x 25mm (22 x 16 x 1in) Provenance: Marc Foxx, Los Angeles Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1999 With Stephen Friedman Gallery, London Exhibited: Santa Monica, Marc Foxx, Cool Blue, May-June 1999. Miami Art Museum, New Work: Jim Hodges, October 1999-January 2000. Saratoga Springs, Skidmore College, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery; Austin Museum of Art; Greensboro, University of North Carolina, Weatherspoon Art Museum and Cleveland, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jim Hodges, June 2003-May 2005, p. 98, no. 8. *Please note that UK Import VAT of 5% is payable on the hammer price of this lot. This may not apply if the work is immediately exported. *** Jim Hodges is an American contemporary artist renowned for his delicate, poetic works exploring themes of love, loss, memory, mortality and the passage of time. Born in Spokane, Washington, he studied at Fort Wright College and the Pratt Institute in New York, where he subsequently established his artistic career. Working across sculpture, installation, drawing, collage and mixed media, Hodges transforms humble materials into evocative expressions of human experience. His practice frequently incorporates everyday objects and fragile materials, including artificial flowers, fabric, mirrors, chains and found imagery creating organic forms that suggest both natural beauty and impermanence. His use of reflective surfaces and delicate construction often invites viewers to consider their own relationship with the work and the surrounding space. Hodges’s art is characterised by an apparent simplicity that conceals considerable emotional depth. Flowers, in particular, function as recurring symbols of affection, remembrance and the fleeting nature of existence. His works can evoke both celebration and mourning, balancing decorative appeal with an underlying awareness of vulnerability and loss. Through careful arrangement and transformation, Hodges communicates complex emotional and philosophical ideas, encouraging contemplation of the connections between beauty, fragility and the human condition.

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