Artist Information:
Megan Hansen
columbus, OH
United States
Member Since: Sep 2003
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Artist Statement:
"Nothing in the world is so
distasteful to man as to go
the way which leads to
himself."-Fredrick Nietzche
Through my art I have been
looking towards myself, trying
to understand the emotionalist
in me. I feel that by facing
my obsessions,repressions and
fears and making monuments of
them, rather than denying them
and letting them eat me alive,
has helped me to stand back
and see myself. My figurative
sculptures of ceramic and
bronze are primarily female.
This female form is not meant
to be an expression of being a
woman, but rather an
expression of the traits
associated with the feminie
personality or the anima, a
Jungian concept present in all
people. It includes traits
like receptiveness to the
irrational, deep capacity for
personal love, and depressed
moods. I use the language of
cartoon in my work because I
feel it frees me from the
demands of social and artistic
decorum. In the cartoon,
incongruities and
inconsistencies are welcome,
where in with life they are
common but always somehow
bring us down. In my work,
through the use of cartoon, I
feel I use allegory and
metaphor to give and emotional
impact, while at the same...
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Megan Hansen's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Megan Hansen's Portfolio. Browse Hansen's body of work: "Nothing in the world is so distasteful to man as to go the way which leads to himself."-Fredrick Nietzche
Through my art I have been looking towards myself, trying to understand the emotionalist in me. I feel that by facing my obsessions,repressions and fears and making monuments of them, rather than denying them and letting them eat me alive, has helped me to stand back and see myself. My figurative sculptures of ceramic and bronze are primarily female. This female form is not meant to be an expression of being a woman, but rather an expression of the... |
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