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Shadow Sculptures: •
Clamps
Play the movie to see Shigeo
Fukuda construct a shadow sculpture out of clamps.
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Lunch with a Helmut On
(Welded forks, knives, spoons,
1987 - 186 x 79 x 108 cm)
This shadow sculpture of a
motorcycle is built entirely out of welded forks, knives, and spoons. It
is based on an earlier concept that Fukuda exhibited in his 1965 show,
“Toys and Things Japanese.” Fukuda wanted to create a three-dimensional
object in which the shadow, as opposed to the actual form, represented the
actual object. Fukuda was to remark that it is extremely difficult to
create a three-dimensional object in this fashion that allows light to
evenly penetrate in this fashion. Fukuda utilized 848 pieces of cutlery to
construct this work.
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Aquarium
for Swimming Characters (1988)
Impossible Objects:
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Disappearing Pillar (Sculpture
in wood, 1985)
This is a physical construction
of an impossible columnade, which is based on the classic drawing of an
impossible fork. There are three cylindrical columns at the top and two
rectangular columns at the bottom. Somehow, they transform into each
other. It is only possible to see this impossible configuration from one
angle. Viewing this sculpture from any other angle will destroy the
illusion. This is a computer generated movie showing how Fukuda’s
Disappearing Pillar is constructed.
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Three
Dimensional Belvedere (1982)
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Three-Dimensional Model of
Escher's Waterfall (Sculpture
in wood, 1985 - 150 x 150x 150 cm)
This is a physical construction
of M. C. Escher’s famous print of an impossible building, “Waterfall.”
This sculpture works with flowing water, which appears to run up the ramp
and over the turning waterwheel, only to continue the process in a
never-ending cycle of redundant motion.
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Grapes
Play the movie to see how the grapes suddenly switch places on the steps.
Transformations:
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Cat/Mouse (1974)
Play the video see the mouse transform into a cat.
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Encore
(Sculpture in wood, 1976 - 50 x
50 x 30 cm)
From one angle, the sculpture
depicts a pianist. But if you turn it by 90 degrees you will see a
violinist. The third photo shows an intermediate point of view, where you
can see how the pianist transforms into the violinist. This wooden
sculpture consists of two silhouettes (the pianist and the violinist) at
90° angles to each other. In fact, you can create an endless variety of
these silhouette sculptures simply by carefully cutting a block from two
different silhouettes at 90° angles to each other. Fukuda has made a large
number of sculptures utilizing this technique, and his discovery of this
principle led to the first utilization of his work in three-dimensional
forms. “Encore” is part of a series of metamorphosing musicians captured
at different stages of a concert.
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Love
Story (1973)
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Man (1974)
Play the video to see how the man is transformed into the Japanese symbol
for “Man.”
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Woman
(1974)
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Underground Piano
(1984 -120 x 150 x
150 cm)
Play the movie to
see this strange collection of parts transform into the
reflection of a perfect piano when seen from one specially
defined viewing angle.
Anamorphoses:
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Mural at the Gymnasium of Taishido
Junior High School, Tokyo
Play the movie to see how the anamorphic figures transform.
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Gogh's
Sunflowers (1988) •
Fresh Guy. Arcimboldo
(1988 - 105 x 300 x 170)
Fukuda anamorphically presents a
distorted version of Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s Vertumnus, whose image becomes
undistorted when seen in the mirror.
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Venus in a Mirror (1984)
The Venus de Milo is stretched the side way to 1.5 meters.
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