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Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Bronze
Image by Renée S. Suen
The Dragon, just one of the twelve pieces of acclaimed Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei's 50,000 pound sculpture installation at Toronto City Hall's reflecting pool. The installation is in advance of AGO summer exhibition, Ai Weiwei: According to What? which opens August 17, 2013.
"The heads are installed in order according to the Chinese zodiac: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. Standing 10 feet high, each sculpture ranges in weight from 1,500 to 2,100 pounds and is supported by a marble base weighing 600 to 1,000 pounds. The sculptures' combined weight of over 46,000 pounds required consultation from a structural engineer for installation in the reflecting pool. The Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads have been previously exhibited in London, Los Angeles, New York, Sao Paulo, Taipei and Washington D.C. among other cities."
- www.newswire.ca/en/story/1186015/ago-unveils-monumental-b...
More about the scupltures here: www.zodiacheads.com/about_exhibit.html
