 |
 |
|
 |
© 1999-2004
Association of Lifecasters International
All rights reserved.
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Fame
 |
 |
|
Photographer
1978
The "photographer" is positioned to look at
another sculpture. As a result the people in the
gallery detour around the back of the figure rather
than to come between him and his subject. |
|
Hanson,
Duane
(1925-1996) was born in Alexandria, Minnesota and
began working as a realist in his early teens. One solo
exhibition in particular, at the Whitney Museum of American
Art in New York City (1978), was influential in establishing
Hanson as one of the leading sculptors of the late twentieth
century. The exhibition unexpectedly attracted more than
297,000 visitors, thereby setting an attendance record for
the museum that has never been surpassed.
Among the many awards and
accolades Hanson received before his death in January 1996,
he was perhaps most proud of those that identified him as a
Florida artist. In 1983, he was given the Ambassador of the
Arts Award of the State of Florida, and two years later he
received the first annual "Florida Prize" of
,000 for his outstanding achievements in sculpture.
In 1987, he was honored
with a "Duane Hanson Day" proclamation in Broward
County, and he was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of
Fame in 1992. Today, it is the general consensus that Hanson
was the most popular and significant artist ever to have
come out of South Florida.
|
|
| |
 |
|
Man
on a Lawn Mower
1995
Polychromed bronze with objects.
|
|
| |
 |
|
|
TouristsII
1988
Polychromed fiberglass on
bronze, adorned with real clothing, and
enhanced by accessories and props, |
| |
|
|
 |
|
|
Self-Portrait and Model
1979
Polyvinyl acetate/mixed media
|
| |
|
| |
 |
|
|
Janitor
1973
Polyester, fiberglass, mixed media. Milwaukee Art Museum,
Gift of Friends of Art
|
|
 |
|
Vendor with Walkman
1989
Bronze and mixed media. |
|
 |
|
Shopper |
|
|
"I'm
mostly interested in the human form as subject matter and means of
expression for my sculpture. What can generate more interest,
fascination, beauty, ugliness, joy, shock or contempt than a human
being. Most of my time involves concentrating on the sculpting
aspect. Casting, repairing, assembling, painting, correcting it
until it pleases me. That takes some doing as I'm rarely
satisfied."
--Duane Hanson, Nov. 26, 1981
BACK
|
|
| |
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)