STREET SCULPTURES
Tom Frantzen has been approached several times by district committees and cultural groups to create sculptures relating to Brussels' cultural legacy.
It is not surprising. Tom Frantzen, who was born and bred in Brussels, appreciates the "zwanze", a unique form of humour which he thinks is characterized by the absurdity and surrealism that stem from the mixture of languages so typical of Brussels. Because this type of humour is "becoming extinct" (as he says), the artist tries to perpetuate it and to confront the next generations with it. For this "zwanze" to remain integrated in the minds and in the streets, the artist really wanted his works to be sealed in the streets' pavements and he was concerned that pre-existing elements of the surrounding environment (manhole covers, lampposts, mileposts, etc) be used as part of his works.
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