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Stephen Hansen

Stephen Hansen (Born 1950) is active/lives in New Mexico, Michigan.  Stephen Hansen is known for Archival papier mache bronze and steel sculpture, etching, painting.

Artist Statement;

As an artist I am not an explorer of the human condition, so much as a hapless tourist, making snapshots of whatever strikes my fancy. I work primarily in paper mache, the appeal of which is twofold. First, it is fast enough that I can try out ideas without any sense of commitment.

Secondly, it is a material so inherently humble that I can claim to make "cultural icons" or "distilled social observations" without feeling too pretentious.

Stylistically, I think of my work as lifelike rather than realistic, a choice made out of a desire to represent ideas rather than individuals. I make sculpture with the idea that it should both attract and communicate, towards that end, I try to make art that is intellectually accessible and  aesthetically seductive. I approach my work day as though I were the director of a small reparatory company, with a group of actors that I costume and coerce into the characters of the story I want to tell. They tend tow   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2160 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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