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Duane Hanson
1925–1996
SculpturePost-ImpressionismPhotorealism
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27
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16
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- • Post-Impressionism
- • Photorealism
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Mirrored Fiction
Gagosian
2026
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Duane Hanson cast life-sized human figures in polyester resin, fiberglass, Bondo, and bronze, working from live models to achieve a verisimilitude that functioned as social and political commentary. His subjects were ordinary Americans, working-class figures rendered with an unflinching attention to physical detail that gave the work its satirical edge. Based in South Florida for most of his career, Hanson made sculptures that operated through the discomfort of proximity, collapsing the distance between art object and living person.
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Post-Impressionism
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University of Washington
Visual Arts
Luther College
Visual Arts
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Visual Arts
Macalester College
Visual Arts
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