Carole Hodgson

Carole Hodgson (born 1940 in London) is an English sculptor.

River Celebration. Commissioned in 1989 for Kingston upon Thames, a bronze sculpture sited on the Old London Road at the Junction of Queen Elizabeth Road.
River Celebration Detail. Commissioned in 1989 for Kingston upon Thames, a bronze sculpture sited on the Old London Road at the Junction of Queen Elizabeth Road.

Biography

Hodgson studied at the Wimbledon School of Art from 1957 to 1962 and at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1962 to 1964.[1] She is an Emeritus Professor of Fine Art and Sculpture Kingston University and a fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors.[2]

For over 40 years, Hodgson has drawn upon the landscape as the central source of inspiration for her work. Her distinctive vision of the natural world, expressed with precision and clarity in her sculpture and drawings, reflects a finely tuned sensitivity to her surroundings.[3] Her range of materials and subjects are eclectic taking inspiration from and array of subject matter such as the ancient sculptures of Greece, to the Welsh landscapes.[4]

Hodgson has exhibited at the Flowers Gallery, UK since 1973 which culminated in a major retrospective of her work at the gallery in 2015.[3]

To accompany the exhibition, Joan Bakewell wrote:

We seek the stillness of remote places to soothe our panic at global combust. We find in the deep reaches of rock and ravine a balm to modern anxieties. Hodgson's work both derives from and pays regard to these present sensibilities.[3]

Hodgson’s major public sculptures include the River Celebration,[5] commissioned in 1989 for Kingston upon Thames, a bronze sculpture sited on the Old London Road at the Junction of Queen Elizabeth Road. She has had major solo shows in leading museums and galleries in Britain and around the world>[1][6]

Key Exhibitions

A major exhibition of Carole Hodgson’s important works over the last 40 years.
”Retrospective” Flowers Gallery[3] London, 11 February – 14 March 2015

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    River Celebration
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    River Celebration Detail

References
  1. Gallery, Surface. "Hodgson, Carole." Surface Gallery about.
  2. RBS, Artists. "Hodgson, Carole." RBS artist.
  3. Gallery, Flowers. "Hodgson, Carole." Flowers Gallery Retrospective.
  4. Gallery, Flowers. "Hodgson, Carole." Flowers Gallery Artists.
  5. Beaumont, Rose, Mary (1999). Carole Hodgson', p. 81. Momentum Books, UK. ISBN 1-902945-01-8.
  6. http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/stories/thompson_perry_hodgson/thompson_hodgson.html

Bibliography

Publications

  • From City to Lake, [images of Guatemala, 2005] Angela Flowers
  • British Sculptors of the 20th Century, [biographical dictionary edited by Alan Windsor, 2003] Ashgate.
  • Carole Hodgson, [by Mary Rose Beaumont, introduction Joan Bakewell, 1999] Momentum.
  • From the Sea to the Wall, [images of China, 1995]. Kingston University Press.
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