I missed the reason you were trying to remember Duane Hanson, or J. Seward
Johnson, or John DeAndrea, or whomever's name. Why are you interested in these
realist sculptors?

Adrienne Deangelis wrote:

> Re Jason Kaufman's proposal for Duane Hanson--
>         Yes, he would be a good candidate too.  He also dresses his statues
> and paints them, while Johnson works in bronze.  Maybe Johnson isn't as well
> known as I thought, but his stuff is all over New Jersey; not surprising as
> he is from the Johnson & Johnson family.  He seems to be one of the few very
> rich to become a professional artist.
>         There's also a store in the now much-despised SOHO that displays such
> works by an artist whose name I've forgotten.  I was looking rather intently
> at one of them when someone came up to me and then jumped when I moved; he
> thought I was a statue, too.  This sounds to me like the artist to be hired.
>
>         Adrienne DeAngelis
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