Heather hansen

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Heather Hansen inspirational kinetic art work.

Part dance and part drawing, these grueling physical performances by artist Heather Hansen result into beautiful symmetrical charcoal drawings that fill an entire canvas. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/01/emptied-gestures-heather-hansen/

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Heather Hansen, a contemporary performance artist and dancer in New Orleans, has come up with an elegant and creative way to capture her dancing motions on paper – she gets up-close and personal with a big piece of paper and some charcoal. For the performance aspect of her work, Hansen invites observers to watch her dance on a huge piece of paper. As she dances and prostates herself on the piece of paper, she marks it with charcoal, gradually building a beautiful diagram of her seemingly…

Splayed across a giant paper canvas with pieces of charcoal firmly grasped in each hand, Heather Hansen begins a grueling physical routine atop a sizeable paper canvas. Her body contorts into carefully choreographed gestures as her writing implements grate across the floor, the long trails resulting in a permanent recording of her physical movements. PartContinue reading "Emptied Gestures: Physical Movement Translated into Symmetrical Charcoal Drawings by Heather Hansen"

For Sale on 1stDibs - EG1/5.31.2015, Canvas, Charcoal by Heather Hansen. Offered by Ochi Projects - churned.

Heather Hansen