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Al (Alfred Earl) Hansen    (American, 1927-1995)

 Al (Alfred Earl) Hansen - Canestra Paroli Opera, March (Mixed Media) h: 8 x w: 6 in / h: 20.3 x w: 15.2 cm
Al (Alfred Earl) Hansen
Canestra Paroli Opera, March 1975
 
 Al (Alfred Earl) Hansen - Coco was a  Little Poco Loco about Cacao and Men (Paintings) h: 11 x w: 7 in / h: 27.9 x w: 17.8 cm
Al (Alfred Earl) Hansen
Coco was a Little Poco Loco about Cacao and Men 1968
 
 Al (Alfred Earl) Hansen - Matchstick Wave (Sculptures) h: 9 x w: 12 x d: 7 in / h: 22.9 x w: 30.5 x d: 17.8 cm
Al (Alfred Earl) Hansen
Matchstick Wave
 
 Al (Alfred Earl) Hansen - Perle Venus (Mixed Media) h: 12 x w: 9 in / h: 30.5 x w: 22.9 cm
Al (Alfred Earl) Hansen
Perle Venus 1992
 
  

Biography
1927 Born Richmond Hill, Queens, NY
1945 - 1948 Military Service, 82nd Airborne Division, Frankfurt, Cologne, Berlin, Germany
1949 Art Students League NYC, John Groth
1950 Brooklyn College, Al Terris NY
1950 - 1954 US Airforce, Tactical Air Command, South Carolina.
1956 New School For Social Research
1959 Pratt Institute
1963 Environmental Loft Studio and Mixed Media Event Studies

Exhibitions
1998 Out of Action, Museum of Contemporary Art, LA Los Angeles, CA
1998 In Search of the Goodnes: Venus Figures from the 60s to 90s,Gracie Mansion NYC
1995 Fluxus Virus, Ben Patterson, St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia
1990 The Temple of the Goodness, Galerie Kolon Cologne, Germany
1989 The Junk Esthetic, , Whitney Museum NYC
1989 Happening & Fluxus, Galerie 1900 bis 2000 Paris, France
1988 Gracie Mansion Gallery NYC
1979 Collage and Construction, Galerie A Amsterdam, Holland
1973 Phenomenatransactionskunst:Hansen, , Galerie Block Berlin, Germany
1970 Galerie Block Berlin, Germany
1960 Watercolors, New York 6 Gallery NYC
1959 Below Zero, Rauschenberg, Ol, Reuben Gallery NYC

Literature
1998 Newhall, Edith. “On View:Material World,” New York Magazine, August 11, 2003, pg. 82
1998 Cohen, David. “Collage/Construction,” artcritical.com, The New York Sun, August 7, 2003.
1998 Luscombe, Belinda. “Are Grandsons Works of Art?” Time Magazine, September 28, 1998, Volume 152, No. 13.
1998 Kinn, Gunilla. “Beck och orfar gör saker tillsammans,” Svenska Dagbladet, 12 oktober 1998, p. 17.
1998 Schwendener, Martha. “Chip off the ole Beck,” Time Out New York, Issue 155, September 10-17, p. 89.
1998 Smith, Ethan. “Re:Fluxology,” New York, Septemer 21, p. 41.
1998 Frank, Peter. “Beck & Al Hansen at the Santa Monica Museum,” LA Weekly, May 22-28, p.55.
1998 Morales, Ed. “Looking Beckward,” The Village Voice, Septeber 15, 1998, p. 152.
1998 New York, “On View,” October 12, 1998, p. 107.
1998 Oisteanu, Valery. “Emily Harvey Gallery and Thread Waxing Space: Al Hansen,” NY Arts, October 1998, p. 27.
1998 Smith, Roberta. The New York Times, Friday, Oct 9, p. E 38.
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