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In his two-dimensional compositions, Hofmann uses color and form to create compositions that are full of movement and rhythm. Using subtly repeating shapes and heavily concerned with line and color, Hofmann's visual vocabulary derives from an attuned awareness to both natural phenomena and built form.

The sprawling installation in Song Swan literally builds on the compositional principals of Hofmann's paintings. The rhizome-like form, built primarily of thin painted strips of wood, contains infinite points of connections. Other materials are integrated into the construction, adding focal points and structural integrity and contributing to the over-all sense of accretion and growth.

In all of these works, Hofmann insists on a multi-dimensional sense of space and an ever-shifting sense of perspective.

Hofmann's work reminds us that meaning, like shape, is created by many small actions that add up to an intensely complex whole. In this way, Hoffman draws the viewer's attention to the way that the human experience is shaped by thoughts that don't quite rise to the level of consciousness yet still subtly infiltrate the form our lives take.

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Gallery hours: M-F 12pm-5pm and by appointment.

Phone: 505-228-3749.