Description
The debut monograph on the haunting, tenebrous figuration of the acclaimed Maine painter
Maine-based painter Reggie Burrows Hodges (born 1965) explores storytelling and visual metaphor, often drawing inspiration from his childhood in Compton, California. Starting from a black ground, Hodges develops the scene around his figures, who materialize in the recessive space with foggy, ethereal brushwork.
Hodges' figures are forms that are made sharper, and more haunting, not because we see those things in their eyes, but because we see it in their bodies, their postures, the endless desire for humans not to be alone, and to connect, Hilton Als writes. To that Hodges adds all that wonderful blackness.
This fully illustrated catalog features a selection of works made between 2019 and 2020; a newly commissioned essay by Hilton Als; and an interview between the artist and Suzette McAvoy, Executive Director at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art.
Author: Reggie Burrows Hodges
Publisher: Karma, New York
Published: 04/06/2021
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 11.20h x 10.40w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781949172560
ISBN10: 1949172562
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Individual Artists | Monographs
- Art | American | African American & Black