Helping HandCharming Snakes and Earth Needs Us Both. Ceramic Vase sculptures

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Artwork sold in perfect condition Artwork location United States In this sculptural jar series the artist draws on iconography surrounding nature women and the history of Western art to question our place in the order of things Women and nature have been subjugated to the whims of those in power for centuries by highlighting this connection through pastiche and surface decoration she offers an alternative narrative In the most apparent manifestation Creation Myth the artist forces the examination of an age-old story that God is a man and man is first By centering women the artists primary effort is to cement womens place in the canon References to artists like Michaelangelo and Matisse draw connections across time to highlight the thread that binds Alex Hodge is an artist-ceramist primarily interested in creating work that juxtaposes the canon of Western art with the lived experiences of contemporary women As a queer woman growing up in the rural south she became familiar with the feeling of being on the periphery spending her youth wandering the woods collecting material for small sculptures and creating stories for herselfnbsp Individual Size 1 Helping Hand 87 x 5 x 25 in 2 Charming Snakes 7 x 45 x 2 in 3 Earth Needs Us Both 87 x 6 x 2 in Read more