This profound decorative porcelain plate commands a powerful presence, blending high-end artisanal craft with a raw, intellectual narrative. The concave circular surface showcases a central nude female figure kneeling in quiet resilience, rendered with heavy, expressive grayscale tones against an intense black backdrop. A rich golden disc arcs behind her head like a sacred halo, while intricate hand-etched calligraphic text frames the top rim to establish a deeply philosophical commentary. By masterfully subverting the classical biblical narrative of Job's suffering, Hodge maps this historic endurance onto the modern female experience, elevating this porcelain plate from a decorative object into a crucial museum-quality statement piece for discerning contemporary collectors.
Her poetic porcelain plates examine and reimagine the history of art in a way that values women not only in body, but in wholeness, power, and love. Focusing on the narrative qualities of art-making, she weaves stories into the clay that are both personal and universal.
carved plate
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Decorative Porcelain Plate - Job is a Woman, 2022. By Alex Hodge
Job is a Woman, 2022
From the Porcelain Plates Collection series
Carved porcelain
Dimensions: 8 H x 8 W x 2.5 D in.
Hodge studied and graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in Ceramics, with notable exhibitions such as Unsung Muses and Eyes That Bind, graduating summa cum laude and receiving honors such as the Outstanding Undergraduate Award. Here, clay became the conduit that allowed her to speak of her experience and, more importantly, her frustrations. Always curious to acquire more knowledge and skills, she pursued a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Miami. There she obtained the summer scholarship and the William Oberman Award, and graduated summa cum laude. During this time, she moved from expressions of anger to prioritizing love between women, the deep well of internal feminine landscapes and the historical exploration of women in relation to the present through ceramic material. Since then, her works have been exhibited at the Morean Arts Center, Arts Benicia and the Imurj Gallery, among others. She currently resides in rural Georgia, where she transforms her stories into sculptures that reveal what has been historically hidden.
