Close to the beach in the coastal town of Nieuwpoort, Belgium stands a shining sculpture of a sea turtle with a rider holding a set of reins while sitting atop the tremendous turtle’s shell. The three-meter (10-foot) tall sculpture is called Searching for Utopia. The slow agonizing turtle is on its way to Utopia, an ideal reality or place that in fact does not exist. The work was created by Belgian artist Jan Fabre. Fabre is famous for his Bic-art (ballpoint drawings). In 1990, he covered an entire building with…
