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FDA Shapes Project by Allan McCollum
Photo CreditGSA\Kristen Fusselle
Photo CaptionFDA Shapes Project (detail)
FDA Shapes Project
Photo CreditGSA\Kristen Fusselle
Photo CaptionFDA Shapes Project (detail)

FDA Shapes Project

Artist
Year2010
Classification sculpture
Medium stained walnut
Dimensionseach installation: 110 7/8 x 289 7/8 in. (281.6 x 736.4 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • Allan McCollum devised a geometric vocabulary of 300 parts that potentially could create more than 30 billion unique Shape combinations. Each combination comprises four to six parts that together form a single Shape. The American Black Walnut Shapes for FDA Shapes Project were made in collaboration with Artasia, a home-based scrollsawing workshop in Sedgwick, Maine, managed by the husband-and-wife team of Horace and Noella Varnum.