Highpoint Editions is pleased to announce the release of a new suite by Jim Hodges.
Hodges’ new suite of prints, days, began as a preliminary inquiry into intaglio, a kind of material study for what became, over the subsequent years, four highly experimental prints that celebrate transformation and temporality in consideration of the seasons (Winter Speaks, 2015; ɹǝɯɯnS ɟo, 2016; finally, 2017; Bringing in the Ghosts, 2019; co-published by Highpoint Editions and the Walker Art Center). Subtly, days shares a conceptual likeness to the prints of the larger suite, with a potent poetry and voice of its own. days is published by Highpoint Editions. Final color proofing and editioning was completed at Harlan & Weaver, New York, 2021.
I, spit bite aquatint, drypoint, burnishing, chine collé. 2021, Edition of 28. Image size: 4" x 6"; Paper size: 11 ¾" x 8 ½"
III, spit bite aquatint, drypoint, à la poupée, burnishing. 2021, Edition of 28. Image size: 4" x 6"; Paper size: 11 ¾" x 8 ½"
II, drypoint, burnishing, cutting by jeweler's saw. 2021, Edition of 28. Image size: 4" x 6"; Paper size: 11 ¾" x 8 ½"
IV, spit bite aquatint, chine collé. 2021, Edition of 28. Image size: 4" x 6"; Paper size: 11 ¾" x 8 ½"
In days, it is a delight to observe the material exploration, the possibility of the unknown and the artist’s own intuitive creative process through the physicality of printmaking. The prints are heavily atmospheric, topographically abstract. Shifting shadow, dappled light, richly varied texture, narrow crevices and open space -- all offer an invitation to move about, around and through days.
As ever, Hodges presents an immersive intimacy in his work, an invitation to experience a passage of both time and space, not chronologically as mere documentation, but emotionally, as one listens to a piece of music.
About Jim Hodges
Jim Hodges was born in 1957 in Spokane, Washington, and lives and works in New York. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at institutions including: the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Camden Art Centre, London; the Aspen Art Museum; CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Most recently a major traveling retrospective of Hodges’s work was exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Dallas Museum of Art; and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. The artist recently unveiled the work I dreamed a world and called it love, a monumentally scaled installation commissioned by the MTA and permanently installed in New York’s iconic Grand Central Station.
days is available now at Highpoint Center for Printmaking. For purchase inquiries please contact Highpoint Gallery Director Alex Blaisdell at alex@highpointprintmaking.org.