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1984 · Silkscreen
40 1/2 x 28 5/8" (103 x 72.5 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Shigeo Fukuda
Artist
Conceptual Art
Representation
None documented
1
Institutional Exhibitions
4
Works in Collection
10
Assets Indexed
0
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Publications Referenced
70%
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Movements
- • Conceptual Art
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Recent Japanese Posters from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989–1990
About
Why this artist matters now
Shigeo Fukuda was a Japanese graphic designer and sculptor whose work synthesized commercial design with conceptual art, creating optical illusions and paradoxical forms that challenged perception through wit and formal precision. Active from the 1960s onward, he developed a distinctive visual language rooted in postwar Japanese modernism, combining graphic boldness with three-dimensional sculptural intervention. His approach bridged advertising design, fine art, and industrial aesthetics without hierarchy between disciplines.
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Conceptual Art
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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