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Kinji Akagawa (born 1940, Tokyo, Japan) is an American sculptor and arts educator best known for sculptural constructions that also serve a practical function. A pioneer in the public art movement, Akagawa has throughout his career examined the relationship between art and community, most notably the concept of art as a process of inquiry.〔Abbe, M. ("Artful Legacy." ) ''Star Tribune'', January 22, 2009.〕 His sculpture and public artworks are noted for their refined elegance and use of natural materials, such as granite, basalt, fieldstone, cedar, and ipe wood. Akagawa trained at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles; the Minneapolis College of Art and Design; and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, where he earned an MFA degree in 1969. From 1973 to 2009, Akagawa was a professor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), where he taught sculpture, printmaking, photography, video, installation and conceptual art. Akagawa's work is exhibited nationally and internationally and is found in numerous public and private collections, including the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; the University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City; and the Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, N.C. Notable public artworks include "Peace Garden Bridge," (2009) a collaboration with American architect Jerry Allan, in the Lyndale Park Peace Garden, Minneapolis;〔"New and Events," September 14, 2009 (Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board website )〕 "Garden Seating, Thinking, Reading" (1987) in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden;〔"Collections and Resources" (Walker Art Center website )〕 and "Bayou Sculpture" (1985), Houston, Texas. Akagawa's awards and recognitions include the McKnight Foundation Distinguished Artist Award (2007);〔"Sculptor Kinji Akagawa Receives 10th Annual McKnight Distinguished Artist Award" (McKnight Foundation website )〕 Minnesota State Arts Board cultural collaborations grant (1995); Carnegie Mellon Foundation faculty enrichment grant (1984); McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowship (1983); Bush Foundation Fellowship (1982); and a Ford Foundation Fellowship (1965). Akagawa lives and maintains a studio in Afton, Minnesota. He is married to fiber artist Nancy Gipple. ==Notes== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kinji Akagawa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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