2000
Sculpture
Materials: loam
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. S0619).
"the Pearman" the pears of Limburg hanging from his chest
breasts of unfulfilled love or bankers' bags weigh him down
he droops MASSIVE
he was pulled in circles around the church in St. Truiden
by workhorses with brass buckles, he wobbled would he topple?
dust is in movement and rain can kill this hefty softy
- Orla Barry
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