Duane Hanson
| Duane Elwood Hanson | |
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| Born |
January 17, 1925 Alexandria, Minnesota |
| Died | January 6, 1996 (aged 70) Boca Raton, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
BA, 1946, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota MFA, 1951, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Movement | Photorealism, Hyperrealism |
Duane Hanson (January 17, 1925 – January 6, 1996) was an American artist and sculptor from Minnesota. He spent most of his career in South Florida. He was known for his lifecast realistic works of people. He casted in various materials, including polyester resin, fiberglass, Bondo, and bronze. His work is often associated with the Pop Art movement as well as hyperrealism.
Duane Elwood Hanson was born January 17, 1925 in Alexandria, Minnesota. After attendance at Luther College and the University of Washington, he graduated from Macalaster College in 1946. Following a period where he taught high school art, he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills in 1951.
Around 1966 Hanson began making figural casts using fiberglass and vinyl. Works that first brought him notice were of figures grouped in tableaux, usually of brutal and violent subjects, somewhat similar to the work of Edward Kienholz. Hanson's Abortion (1966) was inspired by the horrors of an illicit backroom procedure, and Accident (1967) showed a motorcycle crash. Race Riot (1969–1971) included among its seven figures a white policeman terrorizing an African American man as well as an African American rioter attacking the policeman. Other works which dealt with physical violence or other explosive social issues of the 1960s were Riot (1967), Football Players (1969), and Vietnam Scene (1969).
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