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.《岩上思者》（Thinker on a Rock）是威尔士雕塑家巴里·弗拉纳根（Barry Flanagan）创作的青铜雕塑作品。该作品坐落于美国华盛顿特区国家美术馆雕塑园——这是美国国家美术馆近年新增的展区。巴里·弗拉纳根曾反对其求学时期盛行的规整建构式金属雕塑风格，转而探索绘画、舞蹈与装置艺术。他创作了一批充满幽默感与诗意联想的多元创新作品，其创作特色常依托于他所使用的各类有机材料得以凸显。在《岩上思者》中，艺术家以其标志性的野兔形象替换了罗丹的《思想者》（1880），以诙谐戏谑的方式致敬了这件全球最知名的雕塑作品之一。该作品隶属于“扫描世界”（Scan The World）项目。“扫描世界”是由MyMiniFactory推出的非营利性公益计划，旨在建立一个可供公众免费访问的全球可3D打印雕塑、艺术品与地标建筑数字档案库。该项目为开源社区共建项目，若您身边有值得分享的藏品并希望参与贡献，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解具体参与方式。