Internet Sensation Phil Hansen has been called a "modern pointillist" even though this piece represents that a lot of his other work doesn't. Hansen is a Eden Prarie resident who works at Regions Hospital as an X-ray tech to help pay for is art supplys, and to help gain supplys. In Value of Blood he uses his own blood and band-aids to create a vary powerful image of Kim Jong Il, it took him five months of blood draws to get 500ml to complete it. the size of this piece is massive as well over 6,000 Band-aids were used to create a 44"x104" canvas. Just doing a large red painting of the ruler of china would not have had the same effect as in real human blood. I feel this piece by Hansen conveys a deep message about Communism (Red) and how "the value of blood" is a lot less to communists then Democracys. This is a great Piece and deserves a gallery, but sadly Phil Hansen only has one gallery piece. His work inspires my own work and he is vary unique and super creative with the medium he uses to make art and how he makes it. All his art have videos, which is definitely part of the Art.Phil Hansen. Value of Blood. Blood and band-aids. 2007.
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Very interesting choice, Fillup. Thanks for sharing. Good analysis of Hanson's use of blood as a material/metaphor. Can you think of any other artists that use materials in this way? I am intrigued - and want to see more of his work!
ReplyDeletePhil Hansen has been my favorite artist for a long time now Barb so I'm sure you'll be seeing more of him from me. I can't really think of any other artists that do that but it would be something to look into.
ReplyDeleteHey just a small error,
ReplyDeleteKim jong il is the supreme leader of North Korea, not china.
Thanks