Released on: October 31, 2007, 7:12 am

Press Release Author: Panther Platforms

Industry: Industrial

Press Release Summary: Panther Platform Rentals were recently called in to help with
the installation of a giant sculpture of a spider outside London's Tate Modern
Gallery. A Nifty Lift HR15N was chosen to assist with the positioning of Maman, the
work of 95 year old celebrated artist Louise Bourgeois, directly on to the concourse
between the River Thames and the Tate Modern Building.

Press Release Body: Panther Platform Rentals were recently called in to help with
the installation of a giant sculpture of a spider outside London's Tate Modern
Gallery. A Nifty Lift HR15N was chosen to assist with the positioning of Maman, the
work of 95 year old celebrated artist Louise Bourgeois, directly on to the concourse
between the River Thames and the Tate Modern Building.

Panther, one of the fastest growing providers of powered access in the UK,
identified the HR15N as the suitable solution for helping set up this exhibition.
The machine has a narrow self propelled articulated boom, the upper section
providing fantastic accuracy when positioning the platform, and offering superb
manoeuvrability which was of obvious importance when dealing with such an important
work of art. With 15.6 metres of reach height and 9.6 metres of horizontal outreach,
the HR15N easily allowed two operatives to access all parts of the 9 metre high
uniquely shaped Maman.

Richard Miller, Joint Director of Panther Platform Rentals commented: "Whilst we
have over 2000 machines working on different jobs around the country, this
particular job caught my eye. We are all thrilled at Panther that we could help with
the setting up of such an important exhibition, and I look forward to going and
viewing this installation in person within the next few weeks."

Made from bronze, stainless steel and marble, the piece was completed in 1999 and is
one of a series of six enormous spiders built in the 1990s. Whilst bronze casts of
Maman are on permanent display in Spain, South Korea, Japan and Canada, this is the
first time one of the series of sculptures has gone on outdoor display in the UK.
The Tate Modern exhibition, featuring more than 200 Bourgeois works, opened on
October 10 and runs until January 20 next year.


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