Robert Hodgins
dal 12/12/2001 al 3/2/2002
Segnalato da
12/12/2001
Robert Hodgins
Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch
50 Years a Painter. Hodgins is regarded as one of the prime bridge builders between the 20th and 21st centuries. This artist made a decision in September 1951 that changed the course of his life. While a student at Goldsmith College, London, he chose painting as major and thus began a lifetime and a career devoted to the art. The coming exhibition will showcase examples of his word from as early as 1953 to today, thus offering the visitor a panoramic overview of the artist's output over the past half century.
50 Years a Painter
Hodgins is regarded as one of the
prime bridge builders between the
20th and 21st centuries.
This
artist made a decision in
September 1951 that changed
the course of his life.
While a
student at Goldsmith College,
London, he chose painting as
major and thus began a lifetime
and a career devoted to the art.
The coming exhibition will
showcase examples of his word from as early as 1953 to
today, thus offering the visitor a panoramic overview of
the artist's output over the past half century.
In his expressionistic paintings Hodgins represents historical
events, images and impressions, which remained in his mind
over the years.
According to the art critic Lucia Burger,
the artist's relationship with paint on canvas and the
power of his figurative work is of cardinal importance in the
understanding of his work.
Spontaneous happenings and
manipulation of paint play a role in the final product, with
paint being applied by brush - flowing, bleeding and
staining the canvas, with sections left blank to visually
convey feelings and emotions.
His sense of humour and his love of words are evident in
titles such as Dame ou Camelia, Man eating chop and Oh,
oh she cried with a cracked voice.
Hodgins confronts the
canvas and the seduction of paint on canvas through an
intuitive process of marks, colours and forms, from which
emerges an image of the contradictions of being human.
Robert Hodgins’ work has been shown in museums and art
galleries across the world and is included in important
South African collections, as well as a number of
international collections.
The Sasol Art Museum will be open from 9.00 - 16.30 Tuesdays- Fridays from 3
December 2001.
Normal weekend hours.
Sasol Art Museum
University of Stellenbosch,
52 Ryneveld Street
Stellenbosch
South Africa
021-8083524
Fax: 021-8083669