Art Hatje Cantz Verlag | Alex Hoda

The Practice Of London-Based Artist Alex Hoda (*1980 In Canterbury) Has Evolved Significantly From His Initial Figurative Groupings Of Deformed, Post-Apocalyptic Creatures, Finished In His Signature Materials Of Latex And Rubber. His Most Recent Sculpture Refers To Our Ability To Arrive At A False Premise By Misinterpreting What Is In Front Of Us. Hoda’S Writhing Metal Forms, At Once Suggestive And Impenetrable, Ask Us To Consider Whether A Biased Or Predetermined Reading Occurs When Interpreting Abstract Sculpture. In His Current Practice, He Also Uses A Technique Of Automatism To Challenge The Viewer’S Approach To Figurative Sculpture. These Works Recall A Surrealist Agenda, One That Is Summed Up By Max Ernst’S Desire For “The Viewer To Witness The Emergence Of The Work”; What The Viewer’S Sub-Conscious Brings To The Sculpture Ultimately Determines Its Reading.