Bibbe Hansen is a veteran of Warhol’s Silver Factory and the 60's NY experimental theater and film underground. She is the daughter of Fluxus artist Al Hansen, and the mother of the artist Channing Hansen and pop musician, Beck. A multiverse performer, writer and visual artist, Bibbe has been a member of the international online performance collective Second Front since 2008. She teaches and lectures on art and the creative process. Ms. Hansen is represented by Gracie Mansion Gallery in New York.

Al Hansen was a restless and tireless creator—of live art, found-object art, of situations. Active for nearly forty years in the avant-garde and experimental arts, his articulate energy and the ephemeral nature of his particular aesthetic combined with a peripatetic lifestyle to construct an almost mythic character.  A student of John Cage, and a seminal Happenings performer, involved with the Fluxus and Pop movements, Hansen is at once vital to the fabric of the past and of particular relevance to the present.  

Events and Exhibitions

In Celebration of Al Hansen 1927-1995 at Second Ward

FRIDAY AUG 28 6:00PM – 8:00PM – EXHIBITION OPENING Al & Bibbe Hansen: Outside the Lines – Artwork by Fluxus and  Pop artist Al Hansen and his daughter, artist/performer and Hudson resident, Bibbe Hansen. Curatorial assistance by Benjamin Tischer (New Discretions). 

Exhibition to continue throughout the festival. Hours of operation: One hour before and after each performance as well as by appointment.

SATURDAY AUG 29 at 7:30PM-- PERFORMANCE – 3rd Rail Revisited: An Evening of Al Hansen Performance. Evening will include live and audience interactive performances. Special video features will include “Yoko Ono Piano Drop” performed by grandsons Beck and Channing Hansen at the Schloss Moyland Museum in Bedburg-Hau, Germany as well as footage of Al Hansen performing his own works. The evening will conclude with a performance of Al Hansen’s “Elegy for the Fluxus Dead.” Special guest performers: Shanekia McIntosh, Rebecca Borer and Aubrey Hansen.

SUNDAY AUG 30 at 6:00PM -- PERFORMANCE – 3rd Rail Revisited: An Evening of Al Hansen Performance.  

FRIDAY SEP 4 at 6:00PM-- SCREENING: Bibbe Hansen will read an excerpt from her upcoming memoir entitled, “How I Met Andy Warhol” followed by the screening of two Screen Tests (running time approx 6 min) followed by a Q&A with Ms. Hansen.

SAT SEP 5 at 6:00PM-- GALLERY TALK:  Al & Bibbe Hansen – Growing Up Fluxus

Bibbe Hansen provides an overview of the exhibition and describes her upbringing in NYC during the early 60’s.

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All events are subject to change per the guidelines set forth as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
All events at Second Ward Foundation 71 North 3rd Street Hudson, NY 12534