Carole Hodgson (born 1940 in

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Biography

Hodgson studied at the

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from 1957 to 1962 and at the

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from 1962 to 1964.Gallery, Surface
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Kingston University , mottoeng = "Through Learning We Progress" , established = – gained University Status – Kingston Technical Institute , type = Public , endowment = £2.3 m (2015) , ...

and a Fellow of the

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. For over 40 years, Hodgson drew 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.Gallery, Flowers
"Hodgson, Carole."
Flowers Gallery Retrospective. 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.Gallery, Flowers
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Flowers Gallery Artists. Hodgson has exhibited at the

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in London since 1973. In March 2015, a retrospective exhibition of her important works over 40 years took place at the Flowers Gallery. To accompany the exhibition,

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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.'' Hodgson’s major public sculptures include ''River Celebration'', a bronze sculpture commissioned in 1989 for the Kingston upon Thames Relief Road. She has had major solo shows in leading museums and galleries in Britain and around the world.

References

Bibliography

*''From City to Lake,'' mages of Guatemala, 2005Angela Flowers *''British Sculptors of the 20th Century,'' iographical dictionary edited by Alan Windsor, 2003Ashgate. *''Carole Hodgson,'' [by Mary Rose Beaumont, introduction

, 1999] Momentum. *''From the Sea to the Wall,'' [images of China, 1995]. Kingston University, Kingston University Press.

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