Juxtapoz Magazine - Cody Hudson: It's Alright Cause I Know My Own Way Back Home From Here @ Louis Buhl & Co., Detroit

"Hudson's work is defined by a recurring vocabulary of shapes grounded in the language of abstraction, where organic and geometric forms drawn from both the external and internal world converge. In It's Alright Cause I Know My Own Way Back Home From Here, references to landscapes and still lifes sit alongside forms that channel ongoing themes of loneliness, hopefulness, darkness and positivity. His paintings layer these motifs into compositions that are at once meditative and playful,balancing introspection with optimism."

"The exhibition marks Hudson's first experiments with shaped panels, expanding the flat surface into more sculptural territory. This impulse carries through to the three aluminum sculptures on view, which echo forms found in his paintings, creating a visual dialogue of repetition across media. Several new works also employ internal repetition-images mirrored within themselves at smaller scales-suggesting cycles of time and the ebb and flow of contemporary life;"

"During the run of the exhibition, Hudson will produce a letterpress print with Signal Return, a Detroit nonprofit dedicated to preserving and teaching traditional letterpress printing. The edition will compliment the works on view, altogether showcasing an expansive view of Hudson's practice, and highlighting how his visual language translates fluidly across various media and techniques. Additionally, a collaboration with Michigan-born record label Ghostly International will also debut at the gallery and on Ghostly.com afterward. This capsule will"

Cody Hudson presents new paintings on linen and canvas, works on paper, and three powder-coated aluminum sculptures that extend his abstract vocabulary. Organic and geometric forms converge to reference landscapes and still lifes while addressing loneliness, hopefulness, darkness, and positivity. New shaped panels push the paintings into sculptural territory, and the aluminum sculptures echo painted forms to create repetition across media. Several pieces use mirrored internal repetition at smaller scales to suggest cycles of time and the ebb and flow of contemporary life. A letterpress edition with Signal Return and a capsule collaboration with Ghostly International accompany the works, demonstrating media translation and collaboration.

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