Duane Hanson: Proving That Society Reflects Art, Just As Art Reflects Society Duane Hanson, super-realist sculptor, has for years mystified America with his startling, lifelike images. Hanson, a native of Alexandria, Minnesota, was born January 17, 1925. At a young age he fastened onto art through crayons, scissors and the single art book his local library held. After going through four different art schools, two marriages and several teaching jobs, Hanson decided he wanted to move to …showed first 75 words of 1009 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1009 total…their statement and emotion. The sculptures of Hanson are not merely for looking at, but make a social comment. Duane Hanson has fulfilled the goal of twentieth century art--to not only produce art which is visually pleasing, but which influences our society as well. References Martin H. Bush, Sculptures By Duane Hanson (Wichita: Wichita State University, 1985) 25. Ellen Edwards, "Duane Hanson's Blue Collared Society," ARTnews 4 (1978): 58. Robert Hobbs, Duane Hanson: The New Objectivity (Tallahassee: Florida State University, 1991) 6.