Peter Forakis was an American artist and professor.
10 Facts About Peter Forakis
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Peter Forakis was born on September 22,1927, in Hanna, Wyoming.
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Peter Forakis served in the United States Military in Korea and Japan from 1951 to 1953.
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In 1955, Peter Forakis created the poster for the Six Gallery reading by Allen Ginsberg, Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen, MCed by Kenneth Rexroth.
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Peter Forakis was a ceaseless experimenter and was conducting his own research during the Park Place Gallery time period.
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Peter Forakis became fascinated by geometry and his focus became sculptural.
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Since the late 1950s Peter Forakis has been a prolific producer of sculpture based on geometric shapes such as cubes, spheres, octahedrons and rhomboids.
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Archimedes Cube, a signature piece for Peter Forakis, has no welds, only slots.
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Peter Forakis exhibited his work in major sculpture exhibitions in museums including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1967 American Sculpture of the Sixties exhibition.
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Peter Forakis's work has been seen on both coasts, across the US, and in Europe and Asia.