Museum Guard – Works – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
WEBGallery Label Duane Hanson's sculpture depicts the face of contemporary America with startling realism. Museum Guard wears a badge like those worn by security officers at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in the early 1970s. Like them, he …
Ordinary People and the Contemporary Museum: The Sculptures of Duane Hanson
WEBDec 9, 2016 · The museum guard is Duane Hansen’s Museum Guard, 1975, polyester, Fiberglass, oil, and vinyl, 5 feet 9 inches x 21 inches x 13 inches. Museum Guard Unenthused, the figure of an aging museum guard stands in the gallery’s corner carefully positioned for optimal surveillance.
I Don’t Like Fiction, I Like History - Gagosian
WEBSome sculptures, such as that of a museum guard installed within a museum exhibition, deconstruct the “fourth wall” between artworks and viewer, making visceral a normally safe, insulated encounter.
The Museum Guard, (sculpture) - Smithsonian Institution
WEBHanson, Duane 1925-1996 Philbrook Museum of Art, 1978, "Sculpture: Modern Works." Summary
The Man That Time Forgot: Duane Hanson’s “Janitor”
WEBJun 30, 2020 · It turns out that Duane Hanson had a wicked sense of humor. In letters to the Milwaukee Art Museum that span from 1974 through 1995, it is clear how connected the artist remained to the sculptures he created, …
Duane Hanson Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory
WEBJan 6, 1996 · Museum Guard. Hanson's life-size figures reached new heights of realism with his Museum Guard. Expected to be quiet and unmoving (as he is) it's easy to imagine that this sculpture could go completely unnoticed.
Duane Hanson, Policeman, 1992/1994 - SFMOMA
WEBThe first time I saw this guy, I walked right by, thinking he was a museum guard. The second time I thought, oh wait — that ’ s a cop. The third time, I stopped in my tracks — he ’ s a sculpture !
Duane Hanson - Gagosian
WEB6 days ago · With a sculptural practice centered on hyperrealistic depictions of ordinary working-class subjects, Duane Hanson (1925–1996) created a distinctive body of work that tests the boundaries between reality and its representation.
Arthur.io • A Digital Museum
WEBMar 28, 2015 · Duane Hanson - Museum Guard, 1983.
Security Guard - The Paris Review
WEBNov 12, 2014 · Duane Hanson’s Security Guard is on display at Gagosian Gallery’s Park and Seventy-fifth Street location through December 3. Hanson, who died in 1996, is known for his doggedly realistic sculptures of Joe and Jane Sixpack: the paunchy, unremarkable janitors, shoppers, joggers, tourists, and deliverymen of the world.