Ryusuke Fukahori
You’ll have to forgive my use of hyperbole (or don’t, it really doesn’t matter to me), but I’m calling it….art is over. I’m afraid that you can all pack up your brushes, pencils, chisels, welders, or whatever you use, and just call it a day. Ryusuke Fukahori has beaten you all. He has created something beautiful, complex yet simple, and so mind-blowing that I had to lay down after seeing it. “What is this marvel?,” you might ask. Goldfish. Just some goldfish. Suck on that MC Escher. The thing that makes Fukahori’s work so incredible is the process. He pours clear resin into wooden boxes (usually wooden boxes anyway) in layers, and paints goldfish on each layer to create a more 3-Dimensional image, similar to the way a 3-D printer works. The results speak for themselves. So just in case you were getting a canvas gessoed for a new painting, or ordering some fine Italian marble for a sculpture of Lady Gaga riding Richard Nixon like a donkey, you can go ahead and quit now, because art…art is over. Feel free to watch a video of Fukahori being way more awesome than you after the jump.











