Open Arms (stone bench)

Jaakola belongs to those artists, who became well-known in the 60s as an advocate of the new realist avant-garde. Jaakola’s avant-garde works include, among other things, works built with machine parts. He also is known to have made a series of pioneering abstract works in Finland.

The comical family depicted on the bench beckon passers-by to rest a moment in their arms. The sculpture is granite.

“Open Arms” was put on show for the Helsinki Festival and in 1977 was acquired to the City of Helsinki’s art collection.