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Title

Garden of desire V

1995

Artist

Akio Makigawa

Japan, Australia

1948 – 1999

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  • Details

    Date
    1995
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    Mexican onyx with bronze and water
    Dimensions
    installation dimensions variable :

    a-h - Eight plinths, 95 cm

    i-p - Eight bronze water vessels, 13.5 cm

    i-p - Eight bronze water vessels, 27.9 cm, Diametre of each bronze water vessel.

    Signature & date

    Not signed. Not dated.

    Credit
    Purchased with funds provided by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1998
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    346.1998.a-p
    Copyright
    © Estate of Makigawa Akio
    Artist information
    Akio Makigawa

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  • About

    The water-filled bowls suggest the tranquility of a Japanese garden; the colours of the onyx pillars suggest the red earth and grey-green eucalypts of Australia. 'Garden of Desire V' was conceived and created in the marble mountains of Carrara in Italy where Japanese/Australian artist Akio Makigawa worked from time to time.

    Born and brought up in Japan, Makigawa came to Australia in the 1970s. He studied art at Curtin University in Perth and at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. While his craft was learned in Australia, his work retains an essential association with Shinto spirituality, and nowhere is it more evident than in this sculpture.

  • Exhibition history

    Shown in 3 exhibitions

  • Bibliography

    Referenced in 11 publications

    • Prue Allen, Look, 'Message from the President of the Art Gallery Society', pg.6, Melbourne, Oct 1999, 6.

    • Anthony Bond OAM, Transit, Sydney, Aug 1998. no pagination/ catalogue numbers

    • Edmund Capon, Look, 'Welcome to the Art Gallery of New South Wales', pg.11-12, Melbourne, Apr 2000, 12 (colour illus.).

    • Benjamin Genocchio, The Australian, 'Regional diversity defies curatorial premise', pg.17, Sydney, 04 Sep 1998, 17.

    • Paul McGillick., The Australian financial review, 'Beautiful collision', Sydney, 24 May 1998.

    • Gene Sherman AM, Akio Makigawa: The garden of desire, Sydney, 1996. Press release

    • Sebastian Smee, The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Bond gets you rooms with views', pg.15, Sydney, 01 Sep 1998, 15.

    • Jane Somerville, Look, 'Looking back: celebrating 20 years of words and images for Society members', pg.10-11, Sydney, Oct 2005, 10 (colour illus.). illustration is a detail

    • Judith White (Editor), Look, 'Society Acquisitions: A year of gifts to the Gallery', pg.16, Melbourne, Dec 1999-Jan 2000, 16 (colour illus.).

    • Judith Wright, Look, 'A bridge to Asia', pg.14, Melbourne, Mar 1999, 14 (colour illus.).

    • Art Gallery of New South Wales annual report 1999, 'Director's Introduction', pg. 5-7, Sydney, 1999, 6, 7 (colour illus.), 21.

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