Lot 118
  • 118

Jim Hodges

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jim Hodges
  • One Pair
  • signed, titled, dated 1996-97 and variously inscribed on the reverse of the first panel
  • broken mirror laid down on canvas, in two parts
  • each: 40.7 by 40.7 cm. 16 by 16 in.

Provenance

Gladstone Gallery, Brussels
Private Collection, Europe

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Very close inspection in raking light reveals a few unobtrusive surface scratches in isolated places. All other surface irregularities are in keeping with the artist's working process.
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Catalogue Note

"I'm a destroyer as much as I'm a maker. I find the disassembly (or the taking apart or breaking) of something as important in my practice as constructing things. It’s been almost my default mode, to destroy. I have a soft, destructive nature."

JIM HODGES

in conversation with Olga Viso, 'Choreographing Experiences in Space', in: Walker Art Magazine, 14 February 2014, online