THE STORY OF HO

The imagery of Ho's sculpture has its roots in the ancients, like the Hindu and the Mayan. Representational and figurative, the work is a product of extensive travel, a thousand ink drawings, free expression, immense deliberation, imaginative clay play and labor.

Ho's images are primitive, naive or brut, yet primal, they are fluid and sophisticated . They are excessive and complex, tribal and surreal, cosmic and baroque. They are intuitive translations of a fluid-like imagery, an impulsive mental flow that unfolds in an arduous sculptural process and evolves from a lump of clay into a humanoid of bronze, cast stone and sometimes resin. In idea and execution, the work rivals the greatest surreal interpretations of the human form, condition and psyche. It lends itself to scenario, beyond monsters or gargoyles, to other beings, and the images are odd, timeless and seem to come from all the world.

Intricate, tactile and visually intriguing, Ho's work presents a bold look into the aspects of humankind, the obvious and the hidden, the haunting and the humorous. Each image is a continuous play on our physical and emotional features. Though the works are titled, the names are but labels, and their interpretations are limitless. Ho's sculptures are satiric, and they are a visual representation of the Ho view. They are anthropomorphic creatures, grotesque fantastic icons and are "gods for future religions."

In the presence of the gods, the works exude such an aura and produce such wonderment, one must question who is the creator of these figures. Ho the hell is who? we must ask. This web site is but a peak into the spectacular Ho world, a world of more than 200 sculptures in the west Texas desert. The works are available in either cast stone or limited edition bronzes, so please write the Ho for information on them. 

To inquire about the availability of Ho's sculpture for purchase, exhibition or enshrinement, e-mail    h.baron@worldnet.att.net