Leaping Hare on Crescent and Bell - Broadgate Circle, London, UK - Bells on Waymarking.com

The three metre high sculpture was created in 1988 Barry Flanagan. The Broadgate website [visit link] tells us:

"A recurring theme in Flanagan’s work, the hare often poses as if human, playing musical instruments, dancing, boxing, leaping, performing acrobatics or interacting with technology. Here at Broadgate, this gravity defying hare energises and lifts the spirit, as he leaps over the thin sliver of a crescent moon and the weighty dome of the bell. Surely enough to put a spring in anyone’s step.

Born in North Wales, Flanagan studied at St Martin's School of Art in London. His early sculptures attracted attention through his unusual use of cloth, canvas and sand. Later pieces were made from more conventional materials, and he became renowned for his colossal bronze sculptures of bells, horses and leaping hares. Appointed an OBE, Flanagan is one of the UK’s most famous modern sculptors, with work displayed in exhibitions from Argentina to Australia and represented in major museum collections worldwide. A collection of his writings was also published posthumously."

The Public Art of East London website [visit link] adds:

"The bell is a classic symbol of the foundryman’s art, the hare and crescent moon are methapors widely clebrated in folklore. This playful yet odd conjuction of objects reflects the artist’s interest in mystery and superstition."

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