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Jonathan Kirk Born in Saffron Walden, England, Kirk now lives in Utica, New York where he served as Sculpture Space Studio Manager, 1980-2000. Kirk has the distinction of having his work selected for the Griffiss International Sculpture Garden for two consecutive years. About Pagoda Pavilion, he explains that the gazebo design is based on a variety of combined visual references including the Norwegian Stave Church, the Japanese Pagoda, the Western Pavilion, along with “and a bit of humor and whimsy lifted from my own sculptural preoccupations with certain forms and shapes that have appeared in my works over the years.” As the inaugural ‘Griffiss Gazebo’, the structure offers visitors benches that are built into the piece, which falls within a 12‘ diameter footprint.

GRIFFISS INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE GARDEN

Related: Kirk’s 2008 Installation – Argonaut