Beaux Arts: Reggie Burrows Hodges takes over at MICAS
“Such generosity is not common. It is even rare that an artist decides, almost on a whim, to move away from home to settle temporarily in the country that invites him – when there is no obligation to do so”
“The work had not yet been completed when Reggie Burrows Hodges was on the programme of upcoming exhibitions at Micas. Inaugurated two years ago on the island of Malta, this new museum of contemporary art with impressive floating architecture inspired the painter to stay there for a year, painting the island, its light and its inhabitants.
“Such generosity is not common. It is even rare that an artist decides, almost on a whim, to move away from home to settle temporarily in the country that invites him – when there is no obligation to do so – and to take a studio there, without receiving any help, to produce works that would speak of his landscapes and inhabitants, his light and vegetation. However, this is what Reggie Burrows Hodges (born 1965) did when Edith Devaney, artistic director of MICAS in Malta, asked her to exhibit within the walls of the future Museum of Contemporary Art on the island…”
