ELIAS HANSEN
Born in 1979, lives and works in Upstate New York.
Elias Hansen’s work involves hand-blown glass objects that convey a regularity not unlike that of a mass-produced process. Hansen’s installations, comprised of an assortment of pipettes, flasks and beakers alongside rough-cut wood, rubber tubing and light bulbs, are interrelated in arrangements that reference the fragility of both the precious and the discarded, the authentic and the reproduced. The precarious composition of his installations is both spatial and formal. Jagged wood elements intrude into the exhibition space, upon which glass objects are uneasily displayed, suggesting impending shatter. This anxiety within Hansen’s work undermines the traditional narrative of sculpture, subverting its high art status as a flux between discarded context and admired form.
Exhibitions:
I'm a long way from home and I don't really know these roads. (Jan. 11 - Feb. 22, 2014)
We barely made it (Jan. 21 - Feb. 25, 2012)
Next time, they'll know it's us (Jan. 21 - Feb. 26, 2011)
Predicting The Present (Jan. 14 - Feb. 28, 2010)
Files:
- Eli Hansen CV
- Art in America: Eli Hansen, I've Made a Lot of Love Out of This One
- Artforum: Elias Hansen
- Artslant: Sack of Bones
- THE STRANGER Currently Hanging: Eli Hansen
- MOPA: Blown Away
- The Seattle Times: Artists connect creatively as only brothers can
- Artslant: We'll Always Get That High
- Seattle PI: When brothers Eli Hansen and Oscar Tuazon deliver the bad news, it's good