GREAT MOMENTS IN ART IV - Works by Stephen Hansen

 

Represented by Zenith Gallery for 42 years 

Show Dates: October 9 - November 14, 2020  

 

RESTRICTIVE OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 9, 5-8 PM & Saturday, October 10, 2-6 PM 

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1429 Iris Street, NW, Washington DC 20012-1409

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Automat - Hopper

Full Fathom Five - Pollock

Still Life with Cherries and Peaches - Cezanne

In Stephen Hansen's fourth Great Moments in Art show at Zenith, he has meticulously recreated selections from centuries of painting and added his signature paper mache painters interacting with the paintings in ways both witty and surprising. Hansen says, "I started the Great Moments series in 2014, to take a break from sculpture. Then I decided I wanted to paint more. After six years, it still resonates with me. Through this series, I have developed late-in-life art appreciation. To quote Degas, "Painting is very easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do."

 

Hansen continues, "The painters represent my thoughts while working on the painting. For example, with the Picasso one presumes abstraction, but what if the model really looked like that? Or, with the Cezanne, could you really expect the cat to leave the still life still?"

 

"Under the present circumstances, while painting The Japanese Footbridge, I was thinking about Monet. In 1914, at the beginning of the Great War, with the sound of artillery audible in Giverny, Monet said, "I shall stay here regardless, and if those barbarians wish to kill me, I shall die among my canvases, in front of my life's work." In Monet's case, it might have been bravery; in mine it is avoidance."

 

Hansen has had one-man shows in galleries and museums in Detroit, Chicago, Santa Fe, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Scottsdale, Palm Beach, and New York. His unique paper mache sculptures are included in museum, corporate, private, and government collections including the New Mexico Capitol Art Collection in Santa Fe, The Federal Reserve, and Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and United States Embassies in Naples, Italy, and Caracas, Venezuela.

 

Where:  ZENITH GALLERY, Upper Northwest Location at 1429 Iris Street NW, WDC 20012 (Just off 16th Street) 

Hours: Wed-Sat Noon-6:00 pm, Any other time by Appointment

For more information: Margery Goldberg, 202-783-2963 or margery@zenithgallery.com