Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Take
October 6, 2013–January 12, 2014 | Barrel Vault and Hanley, Lamont, Rachofsky, and Stoffel Galleries
"DMA to debut first major survey of Jim Hodges’ artworks."
The DMA will premiere a major traveling exhibition and the first comprehensive survey to be organized in the United States on the work of contemporary American artist Jim Hodges, a former TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art honoree. Co-organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Walker Art Center, Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Take explores the artist’s twenty-five-year career, highlighting the major themes that unify his multilayered and varied practice. The exhibition will present eighty works produced from 1987 through the present, and will feature the DMA’s and still this, 2005–2008, acquired with the DMA/amfAR Benefit Auction Fund, as a highlight of the four-city national tour.
BACK TO TOPExhibition Lecture
Artist Talk: Jim Hodges
Thursday, October 3
7:30 p.m., Horchow Auditorium
Join Jim Hodges in conversation with Jeffrey Grove, senior curator of special projects & research at the DMA, as they speak about Hodges’ work and process in preparation for the exhibition, opening October 6.
Lecture tickets are $5. Purchase your ticket online at dma.ticketleap.com/jimhodges or by phone at 214-922-1818. After 3:00 p.m. on the day of the event, tickets can be purchased on-site at the Visitor Services Desk.
Gallery Talks
Selected Wednesdays, 12:15 p.m.
An exhibition ticket is required for these talks.
October 9: Meg Smith, curatorial administrative assistant, contemporary art, DMA
December 11: Jeffrey Grove, senior curator of special projects & research, DMA
Images (details): Jim Hodges, With the Wind, 1997, scarves and thread, Photo by Alan Zindman, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, the dark gate, 2008, wood, steel, electric light, and perfume, private collection, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, Arranged, 1996, folded book with metal paperclips, Collection Heidi L. Steiger, Photo by Ronald Amstutz, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, Changing Things, 1997, silk, plastic, and wire, Dallas Museum of Art, Mary Margaret Munson Wilcox Fund and gift of Catherine and Will Rose, Howard Rachofsky, Christopher Drew and Alexandra May, and Martin Posner and Robyn Menter-Posner, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, and still this, 2005-08, 23.5K and 24K gold with Beva adhesive on gessoed linen, The Rachofsky Collection and the Dallas Museum of Art through the DMA/amfAR Benefit Auction Fund, © Jim Hodges; Jim Hodges, Untitled (Gate), 1991, steel, aluminum, copper, and brass chain with blue room, © Jim Hodges
Jim Hodges: Give More Than You Take is co-organized by the DMA and the Walker Art Center and co-curated by Jeffrey Grove, the DMA’s Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, and the Walker’s Executive Director Olga Viso. The exhibition in Dallas is presented by Texas Instruments. Additional support is provided by the Contemporary Art Initiative and TWO X TWO for AIDS and Art. Air transportation provided by American Airlines.