One of three figures in Akio Takamori's "Three Women: Girl, Young Woman, Mother and Child" stands outside of a market in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of Seattle. The seven foot high painted cast aluminum statues are part of a collection belonging to the developer of the South Lake Union area - Paul Allen's Vulcan, Inc. Many of Mr. Takamori's pieces are reflective of his homeland - Japan. These figures have the appearance of porcelain and they appear to be dressed as villagers. He moved to the US in 1974 and received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. He moved to Seattle in 1993 and teaches at the University of Washington.
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