Changing Things

Jim Hodges

1997

Silk, plastic, and wire

Dallas Museum of Art

Each of the delicate silk flowers in Jim Hodges' Changing Things is rhythmically arranged on the wall in a grand bouquet or display. Flowers are images of the celebration of beauty and life, but they also eventually fall to the ground and die. Hodges evokes the fragility and precariousness of life while celebrating its mysteries and beauty. Each of the delicate silk flowers in Jim Hodges' Changing Things is rhythmically arranged on the wall in a grand bouquet or display. Flowers are images of the celebration of beauty and life, but they also eventually fall to the ground and die. Hodges evokes the fragility and precariousness of lif