Two large ants: Torgny Larsson's sculpture in Östermalm

Två myror is a sculpture group by artist Torgny Larsson at the intersection of Birger Jarlsgatan and Rådmansgatan in Östermalm, Stockholm. The sculpture group consists of two large ants, cast in bronze, which carry up two 12-meter-high needles made of bronze-metallized steel tubes. The sculpture, located in front of Wallenstams AB's Stockholm office, is a project of Sällskapet Kultur och Vision. The idea and initiation for this sculpture come from Daniel Kraus of Sällskapet Kultur och Vision.

Torgny Larsson began modeling the ants in 2011, after detailed studies of the wood ant, Formica rufa, at Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet in Stockholm. The bronze ants were cast by art foundry Adrian Andreescu and Ioanid Ovidiu at Pogany Art. The 12-meter-high needles were bronze-metallized in Romania. The two black diabase blocks, totaling over 14 tons, which form the base come from Brobygranit in Skåne. These blocks were originally a massive block that was sawn in half.

The sculpture was completed in the spring of 2014. About fifty people and a dozen companies contributed to the project.

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