Robert Leroy Hodge
Robert Hodge is a multidisciplinary artist and curator based in Houston, Texas. His oeuvre celebrates resilience and reclamation through poignant commemorations of African American cultural icons, firmly rooted in the extensive continuum of African American history and cultural expression. Hodge’s collage-based creations skillfully juxtapose urban detritus and found objects with cut-out images, lyrics, and other signifiers of the African American experience. This synthesis generates a duality of meaning, transforming fragments of everyday life into potent conduits of artistic expression. His innovative techniques—cutting, sewing, scorching, and painting—dissolve the boundaries between his reclaimed materials and the traditions heevokes, suggesting alternative pathways through the intricate "layer cake" of African American history.
Hodge's work has been showcased in numerous prestigious galleries and museums both nationally and internationally, including the SCHIRN in Frankfurt, Germany, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Presently, Hodge’s artwork is featured in the exhibition "The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century" at the Cincinnati Museum of Art.