These sculptures, right across the street from English bay, add a twist to going to the beach at English bay.


In its original context -- modern China -- the sculpture grouping A-maze-ing Laughter is a sardonic comment on the repression of dissent and how people respond to it.
But put it on the beach at Vancouver's English Bay, and it is transformed into a marvelous piece of interactive art that beguiles all visitors and especially delights children.
This book celebrates the latter, while being mindful of the former.