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. ↗

— Jim Hodges

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I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things. ↗

— Jim Hodges

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

— Jim Hodges

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I'm an average person. ↗

— Jim Hodges

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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

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Landscape is a piece that is emotional and psychological. ↗

— Jim Hodges

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My latest works are these things with light bulbs. ↗

— Jim Hodges

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

— Jim Hodges

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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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When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand in for that waiting. ↗

— Jim Hodges

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