contemporary artist duane hanson drew foster

These are sculptures. These are not real people. duane hanson was an american artist who did these nice life size sculptures of everyday americans in the 70s 80s and 90s. please use google to look at more they are fun to look at. at a bank in my city they've got one of his sculptures of a bank guard. it was real freaky as a little kid. And therein lies what i believe to be a part of hanson's motivation.he wanted to be unsettling, he wanted to create imposing art. Lots of art hangs on a wall and feels detached from real life, doesn't threaten the viewer - the opposite goes for Hanson's men and women. Thus: we never forget his scultpures. Also, anyone could deduce that he was interested in making a statement about contemporary american life: his sculptures make american people look stunned, confused, uncertain, awkwardly big, dirty, aimless, silly. However, i also get a feeling of solidity and establishment when i look at these sculptures; they are big, hard to move, heavy things. America ain't goin' no place! Yay! And, above all else, i'd like to think that Hanson was just trying to have fun and give off fun to his viewers. He was aiming at bottling that feeling when you look in the mirror, chuckle, and say "oh my god, i look so weird..." As much as, yes, you do look weird, you enjoy seeing yourself. we enjoy seeing our brothers and sisters and cousins in his sculptures.