Barry Flanagan - Hospitality
Belgium. Zwin Nature Reserve
Flanagan has been using the “hare” for many years as a starting point to formulate his ideas.
The animal stands for liberty, independence, dynamics, fertility, strength and individuality. This bronze statue on a bronze pyramid-shaped pedestal (the fifth of 5 similar statues spread across the world) was not accidentally placed in one of the most beautiful places of the country.
Although this dynamical statue is a hare and not a rabbit, something one might expect in this biotope, it has been perfectly embedded in our dunes.
The hare stands for “hospitality”, which is certainly important in our seaside resort. “Hospitality” soon got a series of nicknames, the statue “keuning van ’t Zwin”, “Bugs Bunny” or simply “’t Keun” (West Flemish for rabbit).
Barry Flanagan - Hospitality
Belgium. Zwin Nature Reserve
Flanagan has been using the “hare” for many years as a starting point to formulate his ideas.
The animal stands for liberty, independence, dynamics, fertility, strength and individuality. This bronze statue on a bronze pyramid-shaped pedestal (the fifth of 5 similar statues spread across the world) was not accidentally placed in one of the most beautiful places of the country.
Although this dynamical statue is a hare and not a rabbit, something one might expect in this biotope, it has been perfectly embedded in our dunes.
The hare stands for “hospitality”, which is certainly important in our seaside resort. “Hospitality” soon got a series of nicknames, the statue “keuning van ’t Zwin”, “Bugs Bunny” or simply “’t Keun” (West Flemish for rabbit).