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Rodin Museum: Lovers, from the series “Haunted Philadelphia”

Large-scale pop-up book with Auguste Rodin's and Camille Claudel's sculptures in a deconstructed classical building. Sculptures populate a mass of greenery that overtakes the building, bordered by crumbling columns. Scattered petals of color match the collaged newspaper base.
Colette Fu, Rodin Museum: Lovers, from the series "Haunted Philadelphia," 2005-2006; Ink, paper, adhesive, 53 x 36 x 21 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Purchased with funds provided by Lynn Johnston and Julie Garcia; © Colette Fu; Photo by Lee Stalsworth
Close up of Rodin Museum: Lovers, from the series “Haunted Philadelphia”
Large-scale pop-up book with Auguste Rodin's and Camille Claudel's sculptures in a deconstructed classical building. Sculptures populate a mass of greenery that overtakes the building, bordered by crumbling columns. Scattered petals of color match the collaged newspaper base.

Artwork Details

  • Artist

    Colette Fu

  • Title

    Rodin Museum: Lovers, from the series “Haunted Philadelphia”

  • Date

    2005–06

  • Medium

    Adhesive, Ink, Paper

  • Dimensions

    53 x 36 x 21 in.

  • Donor Credit

    Purchased with funds provided by Lynn Johnston and Julie Garcia

  • Image Credit

    © Colette Fu; Photo by Lee Stalsworth

  • On Display

    No

The Artist, Colette Fu

Colette Fu creates sculptural pop-up books that illuminate cultures and depict myths and legends.
A light-skinned, adult, Asian woman with black hair dressed in black sits on the floor of her cluttered studio surrounded by elaborate pop-up books. She holds up her mobile phone to take a photo.