Jason Dodge

American b. 1969 Born in 1969 in Newton, PA. Lives and works on Møn, Denmark.

With a simplicity that belies their conceptual nature, Jason Dodge’s installations communicate powerful narratives propelled by exhibition titles such as “I woke up. There was a note in my pocket that explained what had happened” (2009). That exhibition featured unexpected combinations of familiar objects—satellite dishes, light bulbs, bells, and baskets—taken out of context. Colorful blankets, commissioned from hand-weavers around the world, were placed in the gallery in juxtaposition with organ pipes; viewers were invited to derive meaning based on their own subjective associations with the objects.

“Generally, it is the people, the subjects that are lacking in what I do,” Dodge explains. “I’m talking to you about them, but they’re not there. It’s as if I were using the feeling of loss as material.”