Hyper-Realist Sculpture (John De Andrea and Duane Hanson)

Paul Tschinkel

This excerpt looks at a major art movement in the 1970s and 1980s, where artists depict subjects as they see them.

Featuring work by Duane Hanson.

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[innertubevideo]

Nice thought about social protest/political awareness - human awareness. Both artists address issues that are important and both are very interesting and distinctly different.

[innertubevideo]

Yes Ron Mueck is good. But all the people that followed Picasso are not Picasso. Mueck followed Hanson and DeAndrea for sure. So what do you think about that?

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[joshthegoth]

dude the funiest thing would be to have all of these people walking around, and then have one guy acting like a statue and then when they are all up in the sculptures faces looking at them just have the guy grin hella big while they are looking, that would freak people the fuck out.. but these thigns are super real looking

[Valkonnen]

Here it is in terms which you should not have trouble with....only very few people in the entire world can sculpt and then finish their creations to the degree that the artists that I've listsed can....The proof is right here on Youtube...Watch them work in videos and you'll see that it's not in "Elaborate techniques" which they know and other don't...It's in their amazing ability to observe and replicate exactly what they see...Not everyone can do that...

[obi1671]

I dont think Id be able to walk in a room full of lifeless human-like shapes....

I already get freaked out when I see manikins in clothing stores and sometimes when I play some video games!!!!

[stevenm73]

The mother & child are also at 2:20

[stevenm73]

Mueck's sculptures look very real. His skin textures look like real skin whereas these figures are shiny. If you didn't know the actual size of Mueck's figures, they could easily be mistaken for real people. I like them all, but my favorites are the woman at 3:39 and the mother and child at 4:40.

[Kazuki M]

Is Duane Hanson considered a photo realistic artist or a hyper-realistic one? :/

[themrmustazz]

hyper realism is the sculpture for Caravaggio. Awesome art, it makes me wonder how realist can people be, expressing themselves in their art.

[osbely]

the left hand on that last woman, is just amazing

[TamaraAndTheDemon]

Breath taking, beautiful

[SweeeeeetAs]

I think madame tussauds needs to higher them!!!

[ianxxscott]

LOL 'I've seen Michelangelo's work, but this goes a step further'. Shoot 'im Burt