Duane Hanson (1925-1996)

"Hanson has distinct beliefs as to what is typical and enduring in the lives of the people he creates, and these exclude much of what we normally think of as animation: not only eroticism and physical motion, but also laugher, smiling, and even interpersonal communication. These things are seen by the artist not only as awkward for sculpture, but more significantly as secondary, temporary adjuncts to the more fundamental human conditions of passive self-enclosure and isolation he finds moving."
Kirk Varnedoe

"I discovered that you don't have to hit the viewer on the head every time, you can come in rather sneaky or underhanded and get the message across. I think I have a broader viewpoint of the world now. I'm interested in everyday types of things that people do, the common denominator, those things that are down to earth, nonelitist."
Duane Hanson