Spencer Hansen

Strangers

december 14, 2019 - january 28, 2020

PRESS RELEASE

Spencer Hansen’s solo show Strangers, will be presented by Skye Gallery Aspen at Aqua Art Miami December 4 - 8, 2019 before traveling to the Gallery’s home base in Aspen, Colorado December 14, 2019 to January 28, 2020.

Last year, Spencer’s Please Play also exhibited with Skye Gallery, and was an Aspen favorite. Thoughtful designs translated into a world that invited the viewer to engage in curiosity, interact, emerge and play. Strangers will feature new sculpture and masks that captivate with the same sense of curiosity and familiarity that help define Spencer Hansen’s art.

Working with wood, leather, metal, ceramic and bone, Spencer distills processes to create pieces that exhibit a seamless complexity through his combination of materials, attention to detail and mixing of genres. He does all of this while merging to bring each sculpture's significance to light, resulting in a narrative that is relatable, intimate and otherworldly.

Meeting Spencer’s sculptures is like discovering a new species with an heir of familiarity. Simultaneously familiar and foreign, they have the power to elicit nostalgia and a sense of belonging, with an undeniable essence of something still unknown. Strangers gently guides you to examine your perception of foreign encounters and wonder at their significance in this world.