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Presentación de diapositivasHousepainter II
1984
180.0 x 64.0 cm
Duane Hanson (1925 – 1996)
Duane Hanson (1925-1996) fue un escultor hiperrealista conocido por sus figuras de tamaño natural de personas comunes. Su obra explora el consumismo, la clase social y la condición humana con un realismo impactante.
Housepainter II is recognizable as a working-class American, an everyman. At the same time, he stands in the heroic stance of the classical Greek sculpture the Doryphoros, or the Spear Bearer, by Polykleitos (ca. 440 b.c.). Hanson deliberately draws on this paradox to highlight a solitary moment of physical labor as ennobled. The uncanny hyperrealism of Hanson’s painter is intended to inspire both empathy and uneasiness, suggesting a broader cultural malaise. This representation of a black man painting a wall white, dressed in an old ripped shirt with multicolored streaks of paint, is intentionally provocative and symbolically charged, pointing critically to politically urgent issues of racial and economic inequality.
Detalles de la obra
- Título: Housepainter II
- Artista: Duane Hanson
- Año: 1984
- Dimensiones originales: 180.0 x 64.0 cm
- Estado de derechos de autor: Protegido por derechos de autor
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