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3-D: Robert Sabuda has turned pop-up books into an art form
Pop goes the dragon. Pop goes the Emerald City. Pop goes the 12th day of Christmas. Pop goes the Statue of Liberty.
Is there anything more fun than taking something that's two-dimensional like paper and turning it into something that's three-dimensional like sculpture and then packaging it all into a book, so that every page offers a magical pop-up surprise?
Considered by many to be the premiere paper engineer and pop-up wizard in the world, the Manhattan-based artist has been delighting young and old alike with his amazing pop-up books for more than a decade.
"He creates amazing works of art," says Virginia Catherall, co-director of public programs and curator of education at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, which is hosting an exhibit of Sabuda's work this summer. "Travels in Time and Space: The Art of Robert Sabuda" runs though Sept. 9.
It's not like his pop-ups have only a few parts. In his "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" book, for example, a tornado pops up and spins as it does so. There's also the entire Emerald City, and the wizard's balloon dangling on a string, looking ready to take off.
The "Wizard of Oz" book was created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the original publication of the book and features linoleum-cut artwork in the style of original illustrator W.W. Denslow. Many connoisseurs consider it his masterpiece, but other books are also charming. He's done "Alice in Wonderland" and "Mother Goose." He's added zing to "America the Beautiful" and "The Twelve Days of Christmas." He's tackled dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts and life in a castle. He's done a Christmas alphabet and a "cookie counting" book and many more.
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