Artist Lecture: Elias Hansen

Elias Hansen is a contemporary mixed media artist, who utilizes blown glass as a distinct voice within a chorus of elements. He has evolved from a background as a noted craftsman to gain considerable visibility in the contemporary art sphere.

“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.” - Anat Ebgi Gallery

Hansen has exhibited his work through Europe and North America, with notable shows at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and the Pomona College Museum of Art outside of Los Angeles. Recent solo exhibitions include "Oh brother (with Oscar Tuazon)" at Maccarone, New York, NY; "You can cry all you want, but you ain’t changing shit" at Jonathan Viner, London, UK; and "I’m a long way from home and I don’t really know these roads" at Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA.