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About the Artwork
Webs of organic lines protect the message written on yellow parchment toned background. Secondly, the message is guarded by what appears to be barbs from a cactus. Six lines of san-serif lettering boldly line the print and in some section the words echo from underneath. Published by Graphicstudio, U.S.F.
About the Artist
Shusaku Arakawa
Japanese artist and architect Shusaku Arawaka initially studied math and medicine at the University of Tokyo. He moved on to explore painting at the Musashino College of Art. Arakawa and his partner Madeline Gins founded the Architectural Body of Research Foundation. Together they design and construct the Reversible Destiny Houses. They also publish books with bold titles like Making Dying Illegal and Reversible Destiny: We Have Decided Not To Die for the Guggenheim Catalog in 1997. In 1961 he was forced to leave Japan due to his controversial theories on the corruption of modern day Japanese society. Arakawa resides in New York City and works as a painter, performance artist and filmmaker.
Did you know?
Roy Shifrin, sculpture of three statues owned by Orange County, is also an inventor.
Discover Art in Central Florida!
For those who have eyes to see, there are hundreds of works of art around them.
This web site provides some information on many of those works of art that can
be regularly viewed in Orange County by any member of the public without an
admission fee. They are outside in public view, or located in an interior area
that is normally open to the public.
Look around this web site and find something that interests you. Then go see it
in person. The information you find here will add to the pleasure of exploring
public art in Central Florida.
If, in your travels around Orange County, you come across some public art that
is not listed here, please let us know so we can add it. If you are aware of
additional information about art or artist that is included here, again, please
let us know. Together we can make this an incredible resource for people seeking
to spice up their life through exploring art.