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Alex HodgeHelping Hand, Ceramic Vase sculpture2019
2019
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This ceramic vase features lush, vibrant plant forms. On each side, a hand emerges as if to reach for something. The title references both the vulnerability of the earth and humanity and how we must care for each.
In this sculptural jar series, the artist draws on iconography surrounding nature, women and the history of Western art to question our place in the order of things. Women and nature have been subjugated to the whims of those in power for centuries; by highlighting this connection through pastiche and surface decoration, she offers an alternative narrative. In the most apparent manifestation, Creation Myth, the artist forces the examination of an age-old story: that God is a man, and man is first. By centering women, the artist’s primary effort is to cement women’s place in the canon. References to artists like Michaelangelo and Matisse draw connections across time to highlight the thread that binds.
Alex Hodge is an artist-ceramist primarily interested in creating work that juxtaposes the canon of Western art with the lived experiences of contemporary women. As a queer woman growing up in the rural south, she became familiar with the feeling of being on the periphery, spending her youth wandering the woods, collecting material for small sculptures and creating stories for herself.
Ceramic vase with underglaze Sgraffito detailing
Alex Hodge grew up on a blueberry farm in South Georgia where she learned the value of cultivating the earth. Currently based in Miami, Florida, Hodge focuses on prioritizing women’s narratives in all aspects of her work. Her poetic porcelain objects examine and reimagine the history of art in a way that values women, not only in body, but in wholeness, power, and love. By combining sculptural and drawn elements, such as carved and painted patterns, her works create a dialogue between space and line, form and surface for a dynamic viewing experience. Often limiting her color palette to black and white, she uses the carving technique called sgraffito to incise her pieces with drawings, her own text, and pattern. Focusing on the narrative qualities of art-making, Hodge weaves stories into the clay which are both personal and universal. Through the decorative and symbolic details, she hints at narratives without completing them to invite the viewer to participate in creating meaning. The women she invents exist in the present but are of the imagined future in which we all have room to flourish, tell our stories, give and receive love, and express the beauty and pain of the human condition. Fundamentally, her artworks are a celebration of the tenacity and vulnerability of women and clay, an interplay of history and hope.
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