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In Blue

1996

Jim Hodges

(American, b. 1957)
Culture
America
Medium
silk flowers and thread
Measurements
Overall: 396 x 259 cm (155 7/8 x 101 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Agnes Gund in honor of Katharine Lee Reid 2005.140
Copyright
© Jim Hodges
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Location
Not on view
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Description

In his work, Jim Hodges reveals qualities of beauty and grace in the most unassuming materials. Through relatively simple acts of manipulation and reappraisal, he invests the man-made with a previously absent level of emotion and authenticity. In Blue is a diaphanous curtain of lush, tropical colors that is both imposing for its monumental scale and delicate in its fragility. Activated by the slightest breeze, its artificial elements ripple with the movement of natural life forms. To create In Blue, Hodges took apart hundreds of silk flowers, flattened and ironed each element, pinned the pieces together, and then carefully hand-sewed them into a scrim.
A vertically oriented textile features a dense, rectangular field of silk blossoms and thread against a white ground. Overlapping petals in blue, lavender, and white intermingle with green foliage and accents of yellow, pink, and orange. This layered botanical mosaic lacks a focal point. Concentrated clusters of royal blue define the lower left and upper right corners, while five-petaled blooms and delicate leaves fill the remaining space in a vibrant pattern.

In Blue

1996

Jim Hodges

(American, b. 1957)
America

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