GIANT HARES TO TAKE OVER DUBLIN’S O’CONNELL STREET Barry Flanagan is one of the world’s foremost figurative sculptors and the ten chosen pieces will allow the general public the opportunity to engage with the exhibition as it threads down the central median of O’Connell Street and along Parnell Square to the Hugh Lane Gallery Forecourt. The giant hares range in height from 3m to 9m (9ft – 23ft approx) and weigh several tons apiece. Born in Prestatyn, North Wales, Barry Flanagan has lived in Dublin since 2000 and has become an Irish citizen. The six works installed over the weekend of 20th May 2006 are: An Unlikely alliance (Cougar and Elephant) Outside McDonalds The Thinker on Rock Opposite Easons Acrobats Site of Anna Livia Central median Hare and Bell Site of Anna Livia Central median Nijinsky South of Father Matthew Statue Central Median Drummer Nearly opposite old Aer Lingus offices, between trees on final median For further information contact Rachel Sherry at Grayling on 087 6622111 or Dublin City Press Office on 086 8150010

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Topics:
   + July 2006 in Ireland
   + O'Connell Street
   + Running hares by Barry Flanagan
   + Sculptures in Dublin
   + Statues of hares in Ireland

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