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Searching for Utopia
Namur, Namur
*Searching for Utopia* is an artwork by Belgian artist Jan Fabre. It depicts a greatly enlarged turtle with a rider (a self-portrait of the artist) gazing toward the horizon. The bronze sculpture measures seven meters in length, three meters in height, and weighs five and a half tons.
Who is Jan Fabre?
Jan Fabre is a Belgian draftsman, sculptor, choreographer, and theatre director, born in 1958 in Antwerp.
Other works by him can be seen in Belgium, including a copy of *Searching for Utopia* in Nieuwpoort and the Scarab Totem in Leuven.
