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Minneapolis Sculpture Garden


 


Kinji Akagawa
Garden Seating, Reading, Thinking 1987
granite, basalt, cedar
H 45 x W 144 1/2 x 40 in.

Furniture for an outdoor garden

Many artists provided seating for visitors to the garden. Artist Kinji Akagawa invites us to take "time out," with his bench for Garden Seating, Reading, Thinking.

What forms do you see in Philip Larson's bench The Six Crystals? The geometric forms he uses were often inspired by architects Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. See the difference between Scott Burton's Seat-Leg Table and Philip Larson's bench.

   
 


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