Duane Hanson and Helen

Duane Hanson (Wikipedia, Duane Hanson) was an American artist known for his hyperrealistic sculptures - you can see a few of them in the Saatchi gallery, London. I found them irresistible from the first time I saw them; irresistible but slightly unsettling, which might have something to to with the Uncanny Valley, that sudden revulsion we’re supposed to feel as non-human but human-like simulacra approach but don’t quite achieve realism.

Now Helen’s started taking photos that look like Duane Hanson’s spooky figures:

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