Object, 60 x 60 x 100 cm.
©image: Wim Van Eesbeek
Collection: Collection ARCADIS, Belgium.
This object served as the model for the dirigible of the same name that Panamarenko built in 2002 in the workshops of an Antwerp airship constructor. The teardrop-shaped balloon has eight lobes and is fitted with a wooden propeller at the back.
The latter is pedal-driven by the pilot, who sits in a Plexiglas cabin beneath the balloon. Poppy’s
form, propulsion and scale are far removed from The Aeromodeller of 1969–71.
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> Exhibition: Panamarenko Universum. M HKA, Antwerpen, 03 October 2014 - 29 March 2015.
> Panamarenko, Papaver [Poppy].Drawing, pencil, colour-pencil, paper, 150 x 150 cm.
> Panamarenko, The Aeromodeller (Zeppelin) [The Aeromodeller (Zeppelin)], 1969-1971.Object, pvc-film, woven rattan, wood, metal, engines, propellers , 2700 x Ø 600, 200 x 600 x 300 cm.