ColumnThe otherworldly quality of Jim Hodges’ sculptural surfaces beg to be known.

Sculpture has a physical quality that demands one be with it, relate to its scale, and contend with the human body in relationship to it in order to fully appreciate its potential.

It is never a fair examination that happens from a distance. But Jim Hodges’ latest body of work “We Are Poems” has such a photogenic presence, that even as we are not with the pieces themselves, we may feel we “know” them, or certainly want to.

Hodges has taken four monumental scale boulders and arranged them in an installation that begs us to imagine the realms he is merging. As rock surface meets polished, colored metal, the reflection is sumptuous yet at the same time, introspective and quietly grand.

Inspired by a recent trip to India, Hodges channels the colors of the continent to leap off the rocks, converging with our ideas of what rocks should be. He changes our mind with this heightened sense of “nature,” and a compelling wish to know more about the environment around us.

Siebe Tettero says of the work:

The installation is a magically poetic reference to many religious traditions, from Japanese Kami beliefs or Stonehenge worship sites to Judeo-Christian as well as Muslim practices in which rocks were embellished to embody a myriad of spiritual notions.

Hodges inspires more than a trip to a gallery to see the work, he makes us yearn for the source of his inspiration.

Inspired by a post on TrendTablet

Photos by David Regen for Gladstone Gallery

Eco, trends, art, creativity and how they tumble through social media to shape culture fascinate EcoSalon columnist Dominique Pacheco. Her trends blog, mixingreality, speaks to these topics daily, and here at EcoSalon, she takes a weekly look at the intersection of eco and art. We call it heARTbeat.

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