National Gallery of Canada purchases Aganetha Dyck's "Queen" and "Closest to Her" sculptures.
Aganetha Dyck writes: "In an antique store, I found a broken figurine representing Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. The store's proprietor was in the process of restoring the figurine and all I could think of was how the honeybees would do a much better job of restoration. I purchased the figurine while thinking of Queen Elizabeth's daily life: a lifetime of servitude to others and her lack of privacy. I waxed the figurine and then gave her to the bees to make her more splendid. I gave the honeybees restoration hints, especially requesting that they give The Queen a new crown.
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