The third possibility — which features both the biggest potential risk and the most intriguing possible payoff — would have investors play the possibility of a
true «spike» in
gold prices
through the purchase of a long - dated
gold call option, perhaps one of those traded by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on
gold futures (see the «Actions to Take» section that follows).
Through her mosaic portraits, however, Schimmel
Gold uses thousands of pieces of images and text cut from these advertisements to express the
true inner beauty of woman: «What we express, how we hide or show our feelings — our sense of humor [and] sexuality.»
Images: Jim Hodges, With the Wind, 1997, scarves and thread, Photo by Alan Zindman, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, Untitled (Gate), 1991, steel, aluminum, copper, and brass chain with blue room, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, Changing Things, 1997, silk, plastic, and wire, Dallas Museum of Art, Mary Margaret Munson Wilcox Fund and gift of Catherine and Will Rose, Howard Rachofsky, Christopher Drew and Alexandra May, and Martin Posner and Robyn Menter - Posner, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, and still this, 2005 - 08, 23.5 K and 24K
gold with Beva adhesive on gessoed linen, The Rachofsky Collection and the Dallas Museum of Art
through the DMA / amfAR Benefit Auction Fund, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, Untitled (one day it all comes
true), 2013, denim fabric and thread, Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges in his Studio, Courtesy Dallas Museum of Art