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Al Hansen was born in Richmond Hill, Borough of Queens, New York City in 1927. As an early member of the Fluxus Art Group his pieces were performed at several early international Fluxus Festivals. His pioneering work in the fields of "performance art" and "Happenings" is well documented. In 1965 he wrote the seminal performance art book, "A Primer of Happenings and Time Space Art" published by Something Else Press. As an habitué of Andy Warhol's Factory, he was both influenced by and influenced the 1960's pop art movement. In addition to Performance Art, he created thousands of collages mainly based around the image of the Venus Figure. Eternally fascinated by the Venus of Willendorf, he strove to continue the connection between those first primal art instincts and his own body of work.