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Giant Pink Bunny Placed on Italian Mountainside

A 200-ft long pink bunny rabbit has been placed on an Italian mountainside by its creators, a group of artists known as Gelatin. The Huffington Post says the humongous bunny will remain on the side of the side of Colletto Fava mountain in Northern Italy for twenty years. The Guardian says the creators want people to climb and sleep on the enormous pink rabbit.

"Behind a hill, as if knitted by giant grandmothers, lies this vast rabbit, to make you feel as small as a daisy," said group member Wolfgang Gantner. The artists want people to scale the rabbit's sides and fall asleep on its stomach...

Although the group is known for pushing the boundaries of modern art, the idea of giant art installations is not that new.

In June this year, artist Giancarlo Neri unveiled his giant writing desk and chair on Hampstead Heath. The sculpture, called The Writer, is 30ft high and has already become such a part of the London landscape that pranksters have been using it as a pizza delivery address.

One of the most famous outside installations is the Headington Shark. In 1986, Bill Heine put a 25ft shark through the roof of his house in Headington, Oxford.

Information about The Writer sculpture the Guardian is referring to can be found here. More information and photos of the enormous rabbit can be found here on the artist's website.

Posted on October 1, 2005

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