Dreckschnabel
Hans Mes
About this artwork.
With its large beak in a broad grin or scream; its pointed ears and its long, slightly stooped posture, the bronze statue is reminiscent of a monstrous figure from a fable.
Sculptor Hans Mes christened his creation Dreckschnabel. The work appears to be made up of rags and strips of fabric, culminating in the sharply pronounced, monstrous head. It is striking that Mes combines this almost sketchy construction with a strong sense of detail in posture and expression. He made more of these wonderful sculptures. Man in a Lounger (Man in ligstoel) in the Bataviastraat, for example, shows a figure, also composed of rags, reclining in a beach chair. Later his work adopts other, more abstract forms in various commission situations.
Part of route.
Location.
Bij de Sluis
Facts & Figures.
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Design
Hans Mes -
District
Badstratenbuurt -
Year of creation
1984 -
Art type
Freestanding sculpture -
Material
Bronze -
Dimensions
h 2,40 m