duane hanson, who died in 1996, is best known for his life-size human cultures, while the photographer gregory kurds and has made a name for himself with images of american homes and neighborhoods. the combination offers a serial take on the american dream. >> the exhibition does not open until saturday, but it looks as if visitors have already begun arriving. that populate this basis if they were real museumgoers. baffling lifelike, these cultures could almost have originated from these pictures. photographs. the works are connected by the bleak, that is on it, and by the emptiness of life. >> what you notice right away is that the people are sitting very still, and through this expressive sense of inner emptiness. at first glance, it is pretty eery. because you do not know what they are doing there or what has happened to them. >> like here, a dining room, dinner on the table. who are they waiting for? it wouldn't have an. inside, a young mother and her newborn -- a wooden cabin. they draw the viewer into the daily despondency of american life. it is easy to imagine her in having thi

duane hanson, who died in 1996, is best known for his life-size human cultures, while the photographer gregory kurds and has made a name for himself with images of american homes and neighborhoods. the combination offers a serial take on the american dream. >> the exhibition does not open until saturday, but it looks as if visitors have already begun arriving. that populate this basis if they were real museumgoers. baffling lifelike, these cultures could almost have originated from these pictures. photographs. the works are connected by the bleak, that is on it, and by the emptiness of life. >> what you notice right away is that the people are sitting very still, and through this expressive sense of inner emptiness. at first glance, it is pretty eery. because you do not know what they are doing there or what has happened to them. >> like here, a dining room, dinner on the table. who are they waiting for? it wouldn't have an. inside, a young mother and her newborn -- a wooden cabin. they draw the viewer into the daily despondency of american life. it is easy to imagine her in having thi