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Monroe HodderThe Escapologist and the Acrobat
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Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Layers in a painting interest me because of the rich undercurrents they bring. I like to begin with a radiant field of color and overlay this base with transparent clouds of paint and grids of skewed geometry. This structure serves as a platform for representational imagery, often from art history. I finish the painting with an expressionist display, a spontaneous explosion of paint wrinkles, smears, dabs and zigzags.
I make these opposing gestures and surfaces to speak about different kinds of human behavior, to express logical and emotional relationships that do not always co-exist in harmony. Color is my primary source of expression and these juxtaposed layers of color often have abrupt and asynchronous interactions.
Memories arise not only from the self but also from our common history. Last summer I returned to Amsterdam after an absence of twenty years, and found I was touched anew with the intense humanity of Van Gough. As I looked again at his paintings, I seemed feel the movements of his thoughts and hands. I wanted to remember him by incorporating his language into my work, layering his images between my own. I want to recreate that part of my artistic identity formed through our cultural history.
Since then, I have begun to add other images: the work of other artists, the outline of a house from my childhood, the birch trees I remember from my time in the Russian countryside. Often there will just be an edge of this "history" layer showing, like an uneven piece of underclothing. At other times it moves under the surface like a figure traveling behind a curtain. These image fragments may be simply background noise, but I feel they must be there.
The painting is completed with imagery that comes from contemporary life: an abstracted collage of images from the media or a vision of the passing parade of New York street culture. This final layer, which partially obliterates the memory and history images, brings the painting forward into the present. The work, in the end, is intended to relate to the complex, cacophonic world of our day - to the interconnected and networked lives we lead.
Colors: Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Multicolor
- Creator:Monroe Hodder (American)
- Dimensions:Height: 44 in (111.76 cm)Width: 52 in (132.08 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Fairfield, CT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1832456182
Monroe Hodder
Monroe Hodder Biography Monroe is a seasoned abstract painter whose layered works juxtapose geometric forms with expressionist fields of color. She had a solo exhibition in 2021 of new work at the David Richard Gallery in New York City. • Received an MFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, 1983. • Works in various paint mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolor, printmaking and pastel. • Her current Gallery representation: Tabla Rasa Gallery in Brooklyn, NY, David Richard Gallery in New York City
Belgravia Gallery in England
William Havu Galley in Denver, CO, Butters Gallery in Portland, OR
Oehme Print Center in CO. • More than 100 of her paintings are in corporate and private collections, including Tom Cruise, Isabel Sawhill, Bank of America, Panzio Art Center, Denver, CO, Gulfco, Denver, CO, and Brown and Tedstrom, Denver, CO • Over 50 reviews have been written about her work.
• • Her paintings are in eight museum collections, including the Denver Museum of Art, the Kirkland Museum, the Portland Art Museum and the San Jose Museum of Art • Work in various art books and magazines including Colorado Abstract,
curated and written by Michael Paglia and Mary Voelz Chandler. • Residencies: American Academy in Rome on five occasions; Baer Art Center, Iceland; Nantucket Art Center; other residencies. • Awarded UK Artist Resident Visa, followed by UK citizenship in 2005. • Numerous international exhibitions and Art Fairs, including Italy, Korea, France, Kazakhstan, UK Art Fairs, Miami Basel. • Was on the art faculty of several colleges and universities in the Bay Area
Art critic for several West Coast publications.
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