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Keep your wits about you next month in Boston's SoWa arts district as sculptor Donna Dodson presents Elephant Tribe at Boston Sculptors Gallery. On view November 11th through December 20th (opening reception: Saturday November 14th, 3-5pm) ‘Elephant Tribe’ is Dodson’s first solo exhibition of her carved wooden sculptures. This show presents sixteen different interpretations of an elephant headed female form which for Dodson, represents power, sensitivity, strength, and wisdom. These feminine archetypes, or goddess figures, represent her vision of womankind.
The works in this exhibition range in size from one to four feet tall, and one to two feet in diameter. Dodson uses logs of osage orange from her grandfather’s farm in Illinois, and ash, pine, and maple from New England. Each piece of wood speaks to the artist in a different voice. She sculpts with a chainsaw and a belt sander as well as chisels, rasps, and files. The wood’s surfaces are smoothed out with sandpaper, colored with paint or pigment and finished in varnish and wax.
Dodson's work has a lyrical quality and a strong visual presence. Preview some of her current sculptures on her blog, DonnaDodsonArtist.blogspot.com and be sure to visit the tribe in person at Boston Sculptors Gallery starting November 11th.
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