The above works were made with the idea of the “vessel” in mind: a container, a symbol of something contained and remembered.
In 1979 Allen Hansen was awarded an internship to the Mary Boone Gallery from the University of California Irvine. He decided to stay in New York. The Edward Thorpe Gallery included him in several group shows. Recent exhibitions include a one person show at the Carter Burden Gallery and a solo show at the Lichtundfire Gallery. He also exhibited at the Equity Gallery in a three person show. Recent paintings are firmly rooted in neo romantic landscape but rather than representing the sensory geographies of the world outside, current work has moved beyond representation by conjuring and capturing indeterminate geometries.