Immense and expansive as the emotions and experiences he captures, Hodges» works include fine, complex pieces such as Not for Long (1996); a wall sculpture resembling a spider web crafted from jeweler's metal chains; and No Betweens (1996) a curtain made out of silk flowers; and the billboard - sized Don't Be Afraid (2004), for which Hodges invited members of the United Nations to handwrite the message don't be afraid in their native
languages on a large piece of vinyl.
in their native
languages on a large piece of vinyl.
Not exact matches
Xu Bing (1955) is a Beijing - based contemporary artist, best known for his astonishing,
large - scale installation
pieces and his extraordinary prints which explore the creative use of
language and its profound effect
on our understanding of the world we live in.
The exhibition, presented in the first floor gallery, will feature oil
on canvas paintings, a
large site - specific wall work, a sculptural work, and a silkscreen
piece from his INDEPENDANCE series, all of which explore the relationship between politics,
language, and race, and consider how history bears
on the present.
The exhibition ties these
pieces quite well to the few
large - scale, later canvases
on view, showing the artist's continued interest in the compositional considerations of vastly different subject matter, increasingly represented through realistic brushstrokes and the
language of mass - market advertising.
According to Republica, a daily English -
language newspaper in Nepal, the artists are also collaborating
on a
large piece to be installed at the International Mountain Museum in Pokhara, the country's second -
largest city.