“This piece is part of the Historic Jar Collection and represents a new perspective on the Pieta. Throughout history, the Pieta is a form of narrative that represents Mary holding Jesus after his crucifixion. By replacing Jesus and loving Mary’s traditional appearance, the two women images become the apex of women caring for other women.”
Set of Two Pieces in Porcelain and Gold, 2019 Sculpture
Set of Two Pieces in Porcelain and Gold, 2019
Porcelain and Gold Sculpture
Dimensions:
1. Spirit of the Dead is Watching
7 H x 9 D in.
2. Pieta 13.5 H x 6 D in.
Overall size: 13.5 H x 15 D in.
One of a Kind.
Each piece can be sold separately
Alex Hodge was always drawn to the arts and regularly channeled her creativity as a child whether in watercolor classes or scrapbooking with her mother. Hodge focuses on prioritizing women’s narratives in all aspects of her work. Through the decorative and symbolic details, she hints at narratives without completing them to invite the viewer to participate in creating meaning. The women she invents exist in the present but is of the imagined future in which we all have room to flourish, to tell our stories, to give and receive love, and to express the beauty and pain of the human condition. Fundamentally, her artworks are a celebration of the tenacity and vulnerability of women and clay, an interplay of history and hope.
