Searching for Utopia
Searching for Utopia: an oversized turtle with a self-portrait rider on top of the shield, watching the sea. It refers to the Utopia of Thomas More. The impressive bronzestatue is 7 meters long, 3 meters high and weighs 5.5 tons. The work is permanently present on the dike at the beach in Newport.
The creator, Jan Fabre (Antwerp, 14 December 1958) is a multidisciplinary Flemish artist. He made his name as a cartoonist, creator opera, theater director,performance artist, choreographer, set designer, painter, sculptor, installation artist and film producer. In each specialty, he works within a tradition, frontier and border.His artistic training was at the Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts and Crafts(Antwerp) and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent).
From PeterJ ©
Searching for Utopia
Searching for Utopia: an oversized turtle with a self-portrait rider on top of the shield, watching the sea. It refers to the Utopia of Thomas More. The impressive bronzestatue is 7 meters long, 3 meters high and weighs 5.5 tons. The work is permanently present on the dike at the beach in Newport.
The creator, Jan Fabre (Antwerp, 14 December 1958) is a multidisciplinary Flemish artist. He made his name as a cartoonist, creator opera, theater director,performance artist, choreographer, set designer, painter, sculptor, installation artist and film producer. In each specialty, he works within a tradition, frontier and border.His artistic training was at the Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts and Crafts(Antwerp) and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent).
From PeterJ ©