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Submitted: April 18, 2008
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Date Picture Taken: Apr 18, 2008, 12:04:07 PM

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This acquisition [link] , Maman (Mother, 1999) by then 86 year-old Louise Bourgeois, [link] is one of a group of eight spiders around the world, also including Paris and Tokyo. It's the latest addition to the National Gallery of Canada [link] and is part of their permanent collection.

It's amazing how kids embrace this sculpture. Me? I get the willies since it reminds me of an old black and white horror movie that played on TV when I was a kid, called The Incredible Shrinking Man
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*wytrvn:iconwytrvn: Apr 18, 2008, 9:35:06 PM
It actually reminds me of the creatures in "War of the Worlds". I know the sculpture that was originally intended to be there - it was considered to be unacceptable because of its phallic symbology according to the powers that be. It was a stone carving by Tony Hunt, illustrating a Haida myth. It was very beautiful but it now resides is some warehouse! Instead we have this ugly monstrosity...

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~BenoitAubry:iconBenoitAubry: Apr 18, 2008, 9:57:36 PM
I thought it was a very cool work. I just don't like spiders. Too many eyes and the way they walk creeps me out.

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*Heurchon:iconHeurchon: Apr 18, 2008, 10:32:21 PM
Tiens, elle me dit quelque chose... ^^
En effet, c'est la même!!! Mais en vacances à Paris :lol:

Trés belle photo Monsieur!

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*wytrvn:iconwytrvn: Apr 18, 2008, 10:44:23 PM
I don't like spiders & I equate this one with that expensive piece of "art" that there was such controversy over a number of years back - remember the black & red canvas (I think those were the colours).

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*psychoticdustbunny:iconpsychoticdustbunny: Apr 19, 2008, 6:56:32 AM
Ewwww. :bleh:

It kinda reminds me of the bad guy in the Will Smith movie version of the Wild, Wild West, or the bad guy in Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy . . . I am seeing a theme here. Spiders=BAD.

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~BenoitAubry:iconBenoitAubry: Apr 19, 2008, 8:04:37 AM
I remember that one and I think the value of it has gone up considerably. It wasn't a Picasso but some people find lots of importance in it. This one is a real eye catcher. Art isn't just about beautiful objects o images. Art, especially good art makes people talk. If people are talking about this piece over others, I'd say that this piece is better art than the others.

There's a piece from the 70s in Toronto in a church called "The Crucified Woman" which made news around the world mainly because parishioners at the church were boycotting it. They thought it was blasphemous that there was a woman on the cross instead of Jesus. I think the artist did her job. She got people talking.

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*wytrvn:iconwytrvn: Apr 19, 2008, 10:25:11 AM
There's talk & then there's talk... Notoriety does not make good art (just ups the price), but the ideas behind the piece do, imo. ;)

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~WraithTen:iconWraithTen: Apr 19, 2008, 6:17:11 PM
Okay, I really hate spiders but that sculpture and your capture of it...fantastic!

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~BenoitAubry:iconBenoitAubry: Apr 19, 2008, 7:58:04 PM
Well, what made it so unique is that the sculptor was 86 when she created this. She's 97 years old now. And there is an idea behind it. Such a great idea that museums such as the Tate Modern had a room full of these in 1999.

Her art career spans since 1947 with 47 sculptures. She also works in drawing and painting. I'd say that this isn't just a case of one piece's notoriety. We're lucky to have one of her works. It's like having a Henry Moore, a Warhol, a Cristo.

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