Madame Chapeau - Brussels, Belgium - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

At the corner of rue du Midi (Zuidstraat) and rue des Moineauxthe (Mussensstraat), at the corner of the Fédération des Mutualités Socialistes du Brabant building in Brussels the charming bronze statue of old women can be found. She is called Madame Chapeau one of the colourful characters of "Bossemans et Copenolle", a 1938 comedy by Paul van Stalle and Joris d'Hanswijck, which features old Brussels' "petits bourgeois".

Designed by famous Belgian sculptor Tom Franzen to create a dynamics between two streets, this sculpture beams with its presence in the space that was allocated to the artist. The monument is precious to Belgium's (and especially Brussels') collective memory. It contributes to the connection of "the people who pass by" on two interactive parameters: the space of what is real and the time of what is imaginary.
Looking at the lady closely, one notices the artist's "zwanze" again: she is fearlessly counting her money in an area of Brussels that is famous for its pickpockets. She even teases them with her unsnatchable bronze wallet!

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Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Madame Chapeau Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Tom Frantzen Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 2000 Materials used: bronze Location: at the corner of the Fédération des Mutualités Socialistes du Brabant building

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