Spider in the National Gallery of Canada

On 22nd June 2005, we visited Ottawa in Canada for a day. There were so much to see there but we just did not have enough time. We passed by the National Gallery of Canada and saw that huge spider, a giant bronze sculpture named Maman. Maman is 30 feet tall. In her belly, she carries a sac of 26 pure white marble eggs. She was created by Louise Bourgeius in 1999, casted in 2003 and has traveled around the world.

With Maman standing by the front door of the National Gallery of Canada, it has become a landmark of Ottawa.