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Buckminster Fuller — Closest Packing of Spheres
Buckminster Fuller

Closest Packing of Spheres

A precise and elegant geometric sculpture by visionary designer and theorist Buckminster Fuller, *Closest Packing of Spheres* renders in chrome-plated steel rods and molded thermoplastic connectors the mathematical principle by which spheres arrange themselves most efficiently in space. Smoky grey acrylic spheres cluster symmetrically around a central red acrylic sphere, making visible the hidden structural logic Fuller believed underlies natural and universal organization. The work bridges art, science, and philosophy, reflecting Fuller's lifelong pursuit of understanding nature's own design strategies.

Medium
Chrome plated steel rods, molded thermoplastic connectors, smoked grey acrylic spheres around red acrylic sphere,

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Evening & Day Editions

April 21, 2015

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Buckminster Fuller, Closest Packing of Spheres

A precise and elegant geometric sculpture by visionary designer and theorist Buckminster Fuller, *Closest Packing of Spheres* renders in chrome-plated steel rods and molded thermoplastic connectors the mathematical principle by which spheres arrange themselves most efficiently in space. Smoky grey acrylic spheres cluster symmetrically around a central red acrylic sphere, making visible the hidden structural logic Fuller believed underlies natural and universal organization. The work bridges art, science, and philosophy, reflecting Fuller's lifelong pursuit of understanding nature's own design strategies.

Medium
Chrome plated steel rods, molded thermoplastic connectors, smoked grey acrylic spheres around red acrylic sphere,
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Abstract Art, 20th Century, Chrome And Red, Kinetic Art, Male Artist, Modernist, Structural Design, Industrial Materials, American Artist, Mathematical Art, Three-Dimensional, Geometric Sculpture

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