http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90585/kinji-akagawa-garden-seating-reading-thinking-1987 ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Kinji Akagawa, <i>Garden Seating, Reading, Thinking</i> (1987) http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90585/kinji-akagawa-garden-seating-reading-thinking-1987 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90585/kinji-akagawa-garden-seating-reading-thinking-1987 Mon, 01 Jun 1998 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Kinji Akagawa, <i>Garden Seating, Reading, Thinking</i> (1987)</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Walker Art Center</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>1998</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Walker Art Center</td> </tr> </table><br/>Twin cities-based artist Kinji Akagawa combines the elegant simplicity of traditional Japanese art with a deep concern for the impact of art on public places. Akagawa's bench <i>Garden Seating, Reading, Thinking</i>, which he created for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, incorporates both of these ideas. The artist put together three components for the sculpture: a highly polished vertical granite base, the horizontal slab of cedar, and a roughly textured piece of unfinished green basalt. The three separate elements retain the unique characteristics of the materials as they combine to form a structure that invites us to rest, read, and reflect in the Garden. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/90585/kinji-akagawa-garden-seating-reading-thinking-1987 Twin cities-based artist Kinji Akagawa combines the elegant simplicity of traditional Japanese art with a deep concern for the impact of art on public places. Akagawa's bench Garden Seating, Reading, Thinking, which he created for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, incorporates both of these ideas. The artist put together three components for the sculpture: a highly polished vertical granite base, the horizontal slab of cedar, and a roughly textured piece of unfinished green basalt. The three separate elements retain the unique characteristics of the materials as they combine to form a structure that invites us to rest, read, and reflect in the Garden." type="image/jpeg" />Twin cities-based artist Kinji Akagawa combines the elegant simplicity of traditional Japanese art with a deep concern for the impact of art on public places. Akagawa's bench Garden Seating, Reading, Thinking, which he created for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, incorporates both of these ideas. The artist put together three components for the sculpture: a highly polished vertical granite base, the horizontal slab of cedar, and a roughly textured piece of unfinished green basalt. The three separate elements retain the unique characteristics of the materials as they combine to form a structure that invites us to rest, read, and reflect in the Garden." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright 1998 Walker Art CenterWalker Art Center