photo by Dan Fairchild

A-Mazing Laughter, a sculpture by China’s Yue Minjun, is being installed at the Morton Triangle, near the corner of Denman Street and Davie Street in Vancouver’s famous West End.

The installation will feature several figurative sculptures depicting Yue Min Jun’s famous Laughing Figures.  The Vancouver Biennale blog did a feature on some of Yue Min Jun’s work earlier this summer.

The current sculpture that occupies the Morton Triangle is the Vancouver Biennale Legacy Work by France’s Bernar Venet called Arcs 217.5 X 13. It will be relocated to Sunset Beach.

Click below to check out the photos of the installation – or as we in the business call it, the digging – by the incomparable Dan Fairchild.

Marking the path with spray paint.  Photo by Dan Fairchild

Cutting the path with an axe.  Photo by Dan Fairchild

Over two dump-truck loads of dirt were excavated by hand.  Photo by Dan Fairchild.

Seen through Bernar Venet’s Arcs.  Photo by Dan Fairchild.

Barrie Mowatt, President of the Vancouver Biennale confers with Jeff from Pro tech.

Photo by Dan Fairchild.

What’s so funny? Photo by Yue Min Jun.