Everything and Nothing, 1999 is comprised of nine different sized clocks, each in the shape of one of the planets in our solar system. The image for each planet was chosen by the artist from a wide range of available images including many NASA photographs, but ultimately the image chosen to represent each planet was an intuitive one, which for Hodges meant which colors and surface details reminded him of which planets he had or made personal memories of. Each clock also has a different set of hands, whose shape and color follow the same logic. All are set to run at different times, with one clock chosen to run at the 'correct' time. Like other Hodges sculptures, the work is made from inexpensive store-bought materials. A soothing effect is created by the quiet ticking of each of the clock's mechanisms. The piece is arrayed horizontally on a wall in a spray-like pattern, reminiscent of the artist's silk flower works. However, it can also be arranged linearly. Everything and Nothing can be seen as a reflection on one's individual perception of time. This edition was included in the artist's solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

Jim Hodges has exhibited widely since 1986. Recent exhibitions include the Santiago de Compostello, Spain, the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, the Miami Art Museum, FL, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, the Kempner Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Site Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, NY, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY, the Whitney Museum, NY, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Mass., the Worchester Museum of Art, Worchester, MA, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, the Museum of Modern Art, NY, the San Francisco Museum of Art, CA, the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, the Centre d¹Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, the Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, among many others. He has also had as many gallery exhibitions, and will be included in the 2004 Whitney Biennial. Jim Hodges is represented by CRG Gallery, NY.

Other Artworks by Jim Hodges

A Boy's Life1990-97


Really, 2000


Untitled (With), 1999