Bourgeois | Maman: The Nine-Meter-Tall Bronze Spider

A spider approximately nine meters tall, cast in bronze and stainless steel. Its eight slender legs touch the ground with their tips, and its body is suspended high above people's heads. A mesh sac hangs beneath its abdomen, containing over twenty marble eggs. People can walk between its legs and stand directly beneath it, looking up—a position that feels both protected and threatened. The metal surface is dark oxidized bronze, with casting textures and weld marks preserved on the legs. The artwork is placed on an open plaza in front of a museum, without a pedestal. Shot from a low angle during the day, the slender legs form a silhouette against the sky, and the egg sac on the abdomen is visible. Avoid: reduced scale, added pedestal and fence, thickened legs to appear stable, placed indoors losing the height for looking up.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一隻高約九公尺的蜘蛛,以青銅與不鏽鋼鑄成,八條細長的腿以尖端著地,身體高高懸在人的頭頂上方。腹部下方掛著一個網狀的囊,裡面有二十多顆大理石卵。人可以走到腿與腿之間、站在牠的正下方抬頭看——那個位置同時感覺被保護與被威脅。金屬表面為深色的氧化青銅,腿部保留鑄造的紋理與焊接痕。作品放在美術館前的開闊廣場,沒有基座。日間低角度仰拍,細長的腿在天空前形成剪影,腹部的卵囊可見。避免:尺度縮小、加設基座與圍欄、腿部加粗顯得穩固、放在室內失去仰望的高度。