Meet the Maquettes
Friday January 7th, 2011
Some pictures of maquettes we have here in the Biennale office:
A maquette is a small-scale model of an architectural work or sculpture. We ask each of our artists to make a few of them for us. We keep two and they keep one.
They all vary in size and weight, ‘WE’ is exceptionally fragile and light whilst ‘Lenin and Miss Mao’ is extremely heavy. The ‘Lenin and Miss Mao’ maquettes arrived just before Christmas and we had to haul them up 2 flights of stairs by hand. It was quite a feat but we managed it!
Maquettes are available to purchase in our spring auction and the revenue they generate helps fund the next biennial.
![DSC02642 Maquette of Zhan Wang's 'Artificial Rock'](http://blog.vancouverbiennale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC02642-1024x768.jpg)
Maquette of Zhan Wang's 'Artificial Rock'
Maquette of Yvonne Domenge's 'Olas de Viento'
![68212_476400074149_39564979149_5887440_3017101_n Maquette of Gao Brothers' 'Lenin and Miss Mao'](http://blog.vancouverbiennale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/68212_476400074149_39564979149_5887440_3017101_n.jpg)
Maquette of Gao Brothers' 'Lenin and Miss Mao'
![DSC02644 Maquette of Dennis Oppenheim's 'Arriving Home'](http://blog.vancouverbiennale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC02644-1024x768.jpg)
Maquette of Dennis Oppenheim's 'Arriving Home'
![We maquette 3 Maquette of Jaume Plensa's 'WE'](http://blog.vancouverbiennale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/We-maquette-3.jpg)
Maquette of Jaume Plensa's 'WE'
![DSC00631 Maquette of Jun Ren's 'Freezing Water #7'](http://blog.vancouverbiennale.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSC006311-1024x768.jpg)
Maquette of Jun Ren's 'Freezing Water #7'