Mineo Mizuno’s “Tea House,” the artist’s interpretation of the traditional Japanese structure, is included in the outdoor exhibit at LACMA. (photo courtesy of the artist, © Mineo Mizuno)

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents “Mineo Mizuno: Harmony,” a new outdoor installation running through Nov. 11 on the Resnick Lawn.

Mizuno has lived on Fort Mountain Ranch in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains for years. The beauty of the idyllic forest has inspired the artist’s latest body of work.

For the LACMA installation, Mizuno transplants elements of the immersive forest environment to Los Angeles. “Tea House,” like an earlier structure the artist built on his ranch, is his interpretation of the traditional Japanese structure. Its open, organic form balances the seclusion needed to experience the tea ceremony with the powerful presence of the natural surroundings.

Mizuno has placed a series of sculptures around the “Tea House.” Embedded in wood and on the ground, his ceramic water drops and tea bowls are painted with meditative repetitions of Japanese kanji (writing) such as yui (connect) and wa (harmony). These concepts reflect Mizuno’s ongoing interest in the communicative properties of trees and water.

“Mineo Mizuno: Harmony” joins an additional outdoor exhibition, “The Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness,” located through Nov. 3 in the B. Gerald Cantor Sculpture Garden. That exhibit is located alongside 12 works by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, which have been on display at LACMA since 2009. LACMA is located at 5905 Wilshire Blvd. For information, visit lacma.org.