Bibbe Hansen
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Bibbe Hansen is a performance artist, musician, and former actress best known as the mother of Grammy award winning musician Beck
.
artist Al Hansen
, one of the key figures in the Andy Warhol
Factory. Hansen is half Norwegian (from her father's side), a quarter Jewish, and a quarter Swedish. Her stepfather was Jimmy Shapiro. In addition to her son Beck, she is also the mother of artist Channing Hansen
. Hansen delivered her future daughter-in-law, Marissa Ribisi
, and Marissa's twin brother, Giovanni
, when they were born.
in Warhol's film Prison. She also appeared in Warhol's Restaurant, 10 Beautiful Girls, 10 More Beautiful Girls, and one of Warhol's Screen Tests
. Her most recent acting appearance was in a 1999 short film, The White to Be Angry.
in a band called The Whippets. From 1990 through 1995, Hansen operated the Troy Café in Los Angeles
with her husband, Sean Carrillo, and performed with singer, drag queen, and performance artist Vaginal Davis
. She and Davis went on to form the satirical band Black Fag, named after, and poking fun at, the famous punk band Black Flag
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
.
Family
Hansen's parents were bohemian poet Audrey Ostlin Hansen and FluxusFluxus
Fluxus—a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists, composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media and disciplines in the 1960s. They have been active in Neo-Dada noise music and visual art as well as literature, urban planning,...
artist Al Hansen
Al Hansen
Alfred Earl "Al" Hansen was an American artist considered as one of the most important Fluxus figures. He was a Norwegian American....
, one of the key figures in the Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
Factory. Hansen is half Norwegian (from her father's side), a quarter Jewish, and a quarter Swedish. Her stepfather was Jimmy Shapiro. In addition to her son Beck, she is also the mother of artist Channing Hansen
Channing Hansen
Channing Hansen is an American artist, best known as the son of Bibbe Hansen, brother of musician Beck , grandson of artist Al Hansen and married to The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Director of Publications Lisa Gabrielle Mark....
. Hansen delivered her future daughter-in-law, Marissa Ribisi
Marissa Ribisi
Marissa Ribisi is an American actress. She has performed in the films Dazed and Confused, True Crime, The Brady Bunch Movie, Pleasantville, and Don's Plum and television shows such as Felicity, Friends, Grace Under Fire, Watching Ellie, and Tales of the City.-Early life:Ribisi was born Santina...
, and Marissa's twin brother, Giovanni
Giovanni Ribisi
Giovanni Ribisi is an American actor. His film credits include Gone in 60 Seconds, Boiler Room, Saving Private Ryan, The Mod Squad, The Gift, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Lost in Translation and more recently, Public Enemies and Avatar...
, when they were born.
Acting career
As a teenager in the mid-1960s, Hansen appeared with Edie SedgwickEdie Sedgwick
Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick was an American actress, socialite, model and heiress. She is best known for being one of Andy Warhol's superstars. Sedgwick became known as "The Girl of the Year" in 1965 after starring in several of Warhol's short films in the 1960s...
in Warhol's film Prison. She also appeared in Warhol's Restaurant, 10 Beautiful Girls, 10 More Beautiful Girls, and one of Warhol's Screen Tests
Screen Tests
Andy Warhol's Screen Tests are a series of silent film portraits consisting of several-minute unbroken shots of Factory regulars, Warhol superstars, celebrities, guests, friends, or anyone he thought had "star potential".-Production background:...
. Her most recent acting appearance was in a 1999 short film, The White to Be Angry.
Music
In 1964, Hansen recorded an album on Laurie Records with Jan KerouacJan Kerouac
Janet Michelle "Jan" Kerouac was an American writer and the only child of beat generation author Jack Kerouac and Joan Haverty Kerouac.-Early life and career:...
in a band called The Whippets. From 1990 through 1995, Hansen operated the Troy Café in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
with her husband, Sean Carrillo, and performed with singer, drag queen, and performance artist Vaginal Davis
Vaginal Davis
Vaginal Davis is an American genderqueer performing artist, painter, independent curator, composer, and writer. Davis's name is a homage to activist Angela Davis.-Life and career:Davis is often associated with the formation of the Queer-Core Zine Movement...
. She and Davis went on to form the satirical band Black Fag, named after, and poking fun at, the famous punk band Black Flag
Black Flag (band)
Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band...