Look at the Saatchi Gallery for works by Duane Hansen (1925-1996). His work is classified as VERISTIC with a commercial/social context twist. His early works dealt with physical violence or social issues, his later work seems to portray passive, isolated figures as victims of society and negative values.
When one encounters his sculptures in a museum they are thrown aback. The people are life size. The only thing that separates the sculptures from museum visitors today is the clothing and hairstyles the sculptures wear. The clothing and hairstyles reflect the era in which they were created, not 2011.
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