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Tradition and New Techniques – 12 Japanese Graphic Designers Exhibition

Shigeo Fukuda

Artwork Details

Tradition and New Techniques – 12 Japanese Graphic Designers Exhibition
1984
Shigeo Fukuda
offset print on paper
40 ½ in x 28 ¾ in (102.87 cm x 73.02 cm)
Gift of the DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion
2017/2.91

Description

Subject Matter:

Shigeo Fukuda's poster was used to promote the 1984 exhibition 'Tradition et Nouvelles Techniques: 12 Graphistes Japonais' ('Tradition and New Techniques: 12 Japanese Graphic Artists') at Les Ateliers, a design school in Paris. In this poster, Fukuda creates a visual illusion in which minimalist lines form the silhouette of a dog—an ambiguous shape that perplexes viewers as they try to determine where the dog's body begins and ends.

Physical Description:

Brown drawing of a dog encircling itself on a black background. 

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