America, Marching to its own beat Leroy Hodges
Murfreesboro City Hall Rotunda will host Remembrance, a joint art exhibition of Murfreesboro-based artists Leroy and Barbara Hodges. This art exhibition embraces the extensive breadth of the artists’ diversified artistic works and showcases artwork spanning more than 20 years. Remembrance celebrates diverse life experiences and the preservation of cultural heritage, history and stories, offering a medley of subjects to appreciate and a wide sampling of different art styles.
The artists exude technical mastery, skills and creativity and incorporate a variety of artistic styles, methods, materials and influences in the display, filled with a range of textures, colors, vibrancy and collage elements.
A Night At the Cotton Club by Leroy Hodges
The husband-wife team has painted together for a long time, but each has their own art style. Dr. Barbara Hodges says her mixed-media style “incorporates found 2D and 3D objects that are given new life” in her work. She aims to use materials ranging from bottle caps and papers to pieces of fabric to be an “artistic storyteller.”
Much of Leroy’s art falls into two categories: experimentation with cubism or his “Blue Tones,” composed of different shades of blue. The Hodges want to unify numerous modernist stylistic references on canvas and for the exhibit to engage, inspire and empower the art audience while encouraging a vibrant community conversation.
City Hall is open Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. A reception will be Friday, Oct. 8, 6–8 p.m.
