James Lee Hansen
Moonrigger (SP11), 1980
bronze
10.5 x 10.25 x 4.75 inches
Shaman Probe Study 3 (S54), 2004
bronze
19.5 x 23.25 x 8.75 inches
The Blessing I.S. AV (R58), 1997
bronze
31.75 x 23.5 x 8.5 inches
Shaman Head AV (H90), 2002
bronze
14.5 x 4.75 x 7 inches
Thymos Intermediate (G86 AHT), 2010
bronze
48.5 x 17 x 15 inches
Vigil AV-4 (G81), 1999
bronze
30.25 x 10 x 5.75 inches
Talos IV (G66), 1987
bronze
70.25 x 22 x 20.5 inches
Mythic Rider Variation (E69), 2003
bronze
46.75 x 30.25 x 12 inches
Rider Torso (E30 AHT), 1988
bronze
35.25 x 12.25 x 8.5 inches
Autumn Rider Study (E20.00), 1984
bronze
25.5 x 13.75 x 6 inches
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Glyph Singer Study Variation (R66), 2009
bronze
8.75 x 6 x 3.25 inches
Blessing Maquette (R71), 1996
bronze
8 x 6 x 2.75 inches
Sun Plum (L34), 1982
bronze
6 x 6 x 4.5 inches
Opening Reception Thursday, May 4, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
For the month of May, Russo Lee Gallery presents A Survey by James Lee Hansen. A selection of thirteen bronze sculptures, ranging broadly in size and dating from 1982 – 2010, is part of this exhibition. As a celebrated artist, Hansen pioneered the lost wax process of bronze casting on the West Coast. From small studies to monumental works of public art, Hansen’s sculptures relate to his ideas about human origins, existence, identity, and reality.
James Lee Hansen is from Tacoma Washington, and he graduated from the Portland Art Museum School in 1950 (now Pacific Northwest College of Art). He taught at the University of Oregon, The University of California, Berkeley and at Portland State University. Over the years he received many awards for his monumental bronzes, including the National Annual First Purchase Prize, San Francisco Art Association, and the Northwest Annual Norman Davis Purchase Prize, Seattle Art Museum. Exhibiting nationally, Hansen has shown his work at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Denver Art Museum; San Francisco Art Museum; and The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Selected public and corporate collections include: The Portland Art Museum, where Hansen was given a major Retrospective Exhibition, City of Portland Tri-Met Transit Mall, and The University of Oregon.