Michio Fukuoka (Japanese: 福岡道雄 Fukuoka Michio; 1936 – 15 November 2023) was a Japanese sculptor.[1]
Michio Fukuoka | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 |
| Died | (aged 87) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
Biography
editBorn in Sakai in 1936, Fukuoka was a professor of fine arts at Kansai University.[2] He began his career in the 1950s by making plaster casts of holes he had dug in sand.[3] In the 1960s, he created a series of sculptures resembling balloons floating in the air.[3] In the 1970s, Michio Fukuoka produced gigantic sculptures of moths in different positions.[3] In the 1980s, he became more focused on self-portraits in landscapes, in which he was gardening or fishing.[3] He also created a series of wooden boxes his size, which represented coffins.[3] In the 1990s, he created black plastic panels on which he engraved the same sentence hundreds of times in white.[3] In the 2000s, he sculpted the "Rotten Balls", which vaguely represented testicles.[3] In 2005, he retired from sculpting.[4]
Fukuoka died on 15 November 2023, at the age of 87.[5]
References
edit- ^ "「つくらない彫刻家」を宣言、福岡道雄さん死去 87歳". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Yumiko Kimura e Akiko Fujimoto. Un incontro possibile: dialogo tra il vetro e la carta". Arte.it (in Italian).
- ^ a b c d e f g Larking, Matthew (28 November 2017). "The beginning, end and rebirth of sculpture". The Japan Times. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Stephens, Christopher (1 December 2017). "Plenty of Nothing: The Michio Fukuoka Exhibition". Dai Nippon Printing. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "「反芸術」運動の福岡道雄さん死去 前衛彫刻家、87歳". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.