mobile of twelve hanging piece of delicately curved pieces of bamboo; three horizontal rods at top that four hanging pieces attach to; horizontal rods attach to three prong Plexiglas mount that attaches to wall

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Mobile, 1998

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The use of shadows in this work is as substantive as the bamboo and string comprising it. The shadow cast against the wall magnifies the work’s gentle undulations. Having spent the first half of his career crafting traditional bamboo flower baskets, Chikuyū began making carefully constructed sculptural works such as this in the 1990s. No other bamboo artist seems to have created mobiles, and Chikuyū himself has produced only two.

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Details
Title
Mobile
Artist Life
b. 1947
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2013.31.159a-o
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mobile of twelve hanging piece of delicately curved pieces of bamboo; three horizontal rods at top that four hanging pieces attach to; horizontal rods attach to three prong Plexiglas mount that attaches to wall

© Uematsu Chikuyū

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