WOMANKIND – LISA HODGKINSON

+15 WINDOW EXHIBITION
SEPTEMBER, 2014
CLOSING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 2014 AT 6 PM
REFRESHMENTS TO FOLLOW AT WINE-OHS – 811 1 ST S.W

LOCATION – CALGARY CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS
205, 8th Avenue S.E, CALGARY, ALBERTA

 

EXHIBITION INFORMATION

WOMANKIND is a peculiar portrait rooted in wabi-sabi: accepting fleetingness and imperfection. Skeletal lines, twisting and winding upwards, climb to sketch out an irregular human form. The tough skinned graceful silhouette portrays an honest image of femininity. Heating the raw steel rods, they transform into soft elegant fibres to be formed, painted, distressed, and finally, weathered in the sun. This woven and tangled figure is a question of permanence, an understanding of mortality, and an appreciation of flesh.

 

ARTIST BIO

LISA HODGKINSON is a Calgary sculptor working out of the back of an auto body shop in Forest Lawn. A graduate from the Alberta College of Art + Design, Lisa is inspired by minimalist sculpture, fibre craft, Japanese design and Bob Dylan.