About
At the end of Robert Hodgins’ long life, he found being ill “just too tedious!” and was frustrated at the fact that “ I cannot paint!” He was involved in The Great Human Drama, right to his last day. He left a legacy of compelling work behind him, which is evident in the exhibition now at Wits Art Museum, a wide survey of his works in print media, and monotype. Take the opportunity to see this show before it closes on 6 April 2013.
Possessed of a mischievous and curious eye with which he critically evaluated the doings of humankind; a lively wit, the sensitivity to include himself in his impressions of our species, and a healthy cynicism, Hodgins was above all the keenest observer of life one could meet. Painting, drawing and printing constantly taught him more about life and the process of producing images. He approached his canvas or paper with feeling and intellect, and found the act of image-making exciting, amusing, but also an intelligent means to understand and examine life, in all its splendour and grossness at once.
This first solo exhibition at Goodman Gallery since his passing in March 2010 presents a full range of his diverse oeuvre, with pencil drawings, prints, a watercolour, tapestry, monoprints, ceramic sculpture and oil painting.
|
-
Robert Hodgins Little Miss Priss, 2008 / 2009 Oil On Canvas 75 x 75cm
-
Robert Hodgins Ouma in Swart Satyn, 2007 Oil on canvas 60 x 60cm
-
Robert Hodgins Odalisque with Landscape, 2007 Oil on canvas 60 x 90 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Beast in the Green Night, 1991 Oil on canvas 17.5 x 60cm
-
Robert Hodgins Study After Michelangelo no.1, 2009 Oil on canvas 90 x 90 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Study After Michelangelo no.2, 2009 Oil on canvas 60 x 60 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Study After Michelangelo no.3, 2009 Oil on canvas 75 x 75cm
-
Robert Hodgins Wounded Picture , c. 1979 Oil on canvas, sliced and stiched 73 x 55cm
-
Robert Hodgins Mr Big from New Orleans, 2006/7 Oil on canvas 60 x 60cm
-
Robert Hodgins Giant Two, 2005/6 Oil on canvas 70 x 60cm
-
Robert Hodgins A Mad Bible Woman in the Streets, 2000 Oil on canvas 90 x 90 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Model Posing, 2009 OIl on canvas 90 x 90 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Curtain Call, 2006 Oil on canvas 90 x 120 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Mavis, 1991 Oil on canvas 61 x 70.8 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Goneril, 2006 Monotype 50 x 66cm
-
Robert Hodgins Aardklop 'Otto en die Rooi Gevaar, 1996', 2002 Poster 59.5 x 42 cm Edition of 12
-
Robert Hodgins J' accuse!, 1995-1996 Oil on canvas 90 x 120 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Circus Strongman, 2006 Oil over duco 90 x 90 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Princes of the Church, 2002 Oil on canvas 90 x 90 cm
-
Robert Hodgins A Self Portrait, 2009 Oil on canvas 120 x 90 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Uncle Bert who was in Wool Trade, 2007 Oil on canvas 60 x 60 cm
-
Robert Hodgins The Don & Sancho Panza, 2005 Oil on canvas 61 x 61 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Female Nude III, 2007 Oil on canvas 96 x 62 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Head Prefect, Captain of Swimming, etc, etc, 2004 Oil on canvas 30 x 30cm
-
Robert Hodgins Miss Priss, 2009 Lithograph 57 x76 cm Edition of 5
-
Robert Hodgins Office II, 2007 Etching 67 x 46cm Edition of 10
-
Robert Hodgins Figure, 1994 glazed ceramic with gold and mother of pearl lustre, with book 8 x 20 x 24 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Untitled, 2004 ceramic ashtray with underglaze colour beneath transparent stoneware glaze, with book 27 cm diameter
-
Robert Hodgins A Certain Smile, 2007 ceramic plate with underglaze colour beneath transparent stoneware glaze, with book 33 cm diameter
-
Robert Hodgins Fayyum Head, 2006 ceramic plate with underglaze colour beneath transparent stoneware glaze 29.5 cm diameter
-
Robert Hodgins Man With Smug Armchair, 2007/08 Oil Over Charcoal 90 x 90 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Play Softly till I end my song, 2002/3 oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Blue Jersey, 2002 oil on canvas 61 x 61 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Waiting For The Boss (Tootsie's), 1994 Lithograph 42 x 28cm Edition of 15
-
Robert Hodgins I used to pose for Herr Otto Dix, 2009 Monotype 76.3x 56 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Office II, 2007 Etching 67 x 46cm Edition of 10
-
Robert Hodgins Full Camouflage, 2009 Lithograph 76 x 56.5 cm Edition of 3
-
Robert Hodgins Factory Worker , 2010 Oil on canvas (unsigned, certificate from Estate) 60 x 60 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Left Out of Making Love in the Shadows, 2009 Oil on canvas ( unsigned, certificate from Estate) 90 x 120cm
-
God is Love, 2009 Oil and stencilled spray-paint on canvas (signed only by Jan Neethling, certificate from Hodgins Estate) 90 x 120 cm
-
Robert Hodgins Woman Seated Backwards, with Empty Chair, 2010 Oil on canvas (unsigned, certificate from Estate) 60 x 60cm
-
Robert Hodgins La Contessa Venemosa, 2003 Lithograph 57 x 65 cm / 57 x 65cm Edition of 60
-
Installation picture [Robert Hodgins / Looking Back / 2013]
|
