Sullivan+Strumpf is currently hosting a solo exhibition by Gregory Hodge titled "Signs." The exhibition brings together a collection of Hodge's latest paintings. The works have been highly inspired by and comprise of art and performative histories; the avant-garde movements of cubism and the Italian futurists who experimented with a dynamic abstract form of theatre in which light, color, and architectural forms stood in for the performing body on stage. Hodge's abstract paintings reflect folded drapery, foliage, and elaborate performing figures. These new elements together with the illusionistic gesture; read as being both image and abstraction. The paintings also showcase how the artist has adapted and refined brushes and tools to generate a variety of gestural marks. Known for constructing illusionary abstractions from a mélange of source material including painted abstract motifs on drafting film, colored paper and masking tape, before rendering the collages in the paint, the paintings by Hodge playfully mimic the physical fragility and provisional nature of the source material. Hodge has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions within Australia as well as various art fairs such as Art Stage Singapore (2017) and Art Stage Jakarta (2016).The exhibition will be on view through December 22, 2017, at Sullivan+Strumpf, 799 Elizabeth St, Zetland NSW 2017, Australia.For details, visit: http://sullivanstrumpf.comClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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