CHRISTOPHER HODGES
COUNTRY
Utopia Art Sydney
1 - 29 April 2023
UNDER THE SKIN
Utopia Art Sydney
3 April - 1 May 2021
BEING HUMAN
Utopia Art Sydney
6 - 27 October 2018
FORMAL
Utopia Art Sydney
2 June - 2 July 2016
Sydney Contemporary
Carriageworks
September 2015
WINNER - SCULPTURE IN THE VALLEY
Kangaroo Valley
May 2015
One of the challenges of making a sculpture is ensuring that it stands up...
Many of Christopher Hodges’ latest works threaten to fall. They tilt precariously into space. And yet, their steel forms are perfectly poised over bases that are not simply a support, but crucial to the work as a whole.
As the artist explains, “to create balance within a sculpture you need to have every element sitting in harmony... I’m seeking a refinement of form so that it can speak freely and truly.”
Christopher Hodges’ tilting sculpture 'Flamingo' extends upwards into space precariously, its radioactively pink form humming gently, lighting up the wall behind it. Here, Hodges uses the harmony of proportional geometry to create formal tension. 3 is the magic number in this sculpture, which is 3m tall, .3m wide and .03m deep. What’s more the sections of the form are perfect thirds, set at subtle angles that play with the relationships between symmetrical lines. When standing before this work, its mathematical intricacy may not be not readily apparent but its delicate visual balance is dizzying.
ALTERNATIVE MUSEUM
2 Danks St Waterloo, NSW
February 2014
SCULPTURE CITY
National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
24 January - 2 March 2014
In recent years Sydney has become renowned for its diverse and evolving outdoor sculpture shows.
SCULPTURE CITY has developed from a desire to experience the works by our leading sculptors in a gallery environment. Each of the ten artists will be represented by a body of work, presented alongside their contemporaries, giving viewers an overview of the dynamic Sydney sculpture scene.
Artists include Paul Bacon (represented by Watters Gallery), Anne Ferguson, Christopher Hodges (represented by Utopia Art Sydney), Paul Hopmeier(represented by Defiance Gallery), Jan King (represented by King Street Gallery on William), Kevin Norton (represented by Defiance Gallery), James Rogers (represented by Watters Gallery), Hui Selwood (represented by Robin Gibson Gallery), Paul Selwood (represented by Watters Gallery) andMichael Snape (represented by Australian Galleries.
Reviewed by John McDonald in Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING
The Depot Gallery, 2 Danks St, Sydney
25 June - 6 July 2013
CURVE
Utopia Art Sydney
20 January - 20 February 2010
