Thinker on a rock, NGA Sculpture garden

Thinker on a Rock is a bronze sculpture done by Welsh sculptor Barry Flanagan. It is in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, which is the mjost recent addition to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C in the United States. Reacting against the formal, constructed metal sculpture that predominated when he was in art school, Barry Flanagan explored painting, dance, and installation pieces. He has produced an inventive and varied body of work filled with humor and poetic associations, often evoked by the partiicular organic materials he employed. In Thinker on a Rock, the artist substitutes his signature hare for Rodin's Thinker (1880), making a witty and irrelevent reference to one of the world's best-known sculptures. This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.