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''A-maze-ing Laughter'' is a 2009
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Yue Minjun Yue Minjun (; born 1962) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolou ...
, located in Morton Park in
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Description

''A-maze-ing Laughter'' was designed by
Yue Minjun Yue Minjun (; born 1962) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this signature image in sculpture, watercolou ...
and installed in Morton Park (Davie and Denman) along the English Bay in
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in 2009. The
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bronze sculpture Bronze is the most popular metal for Casting (metalworking), cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs, and small statuettes and figurines, as w ...
, composed of 14 statues each about three meters tall and weighing over 250 kilograms, portrays the artist's own image "in a state of hysterical laughter". It was created as part of the
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, which exhibits international contemporary works in public spaces. The sculpture was donated to the City of Vancouver by Chip and Shannon Wilson through the Wilson5 Foundation on August 11, 2012. As part of the installation, an inscription carved into cement seating states "May this sculpture inspire laughter playfulness and joy in all who experience it."


Reception

''A-maze-ing Laughter'' was nominated in the Great Places in Canada Contest 2013 and was the only work of public art to receive a nomination.


See also

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2009 in art The year 2009 in art involved various significant events. Events * May 31 – Jaume Plensa's concrete sculpture ''Dream (sculpture), Dream'' is unveiled at a former colliery site in Sutton, St Helens, England. * September 9 – Herning Museum of ...


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