Laure Prouvost, 'Moeder! Oui dream till the end' Sculpture Unveiled in Bastion, Kinrooi, Belgium
10 November 2025
Laure Prouvost has unveiled a new work, Mother! Oui dream till the end in a reclaimed gravel lake in the far north-east of Kinrooi, Belgium. The monumental sculpture is a part of Art in The Meuse and is an artistic interpretation of Mother Meuse, the river that has brought fertility and prosperity to this region for centuries.
Prouvost depicts Mother Meuse as a hybrid figure: half woman, half underwater creature, with a pregnant belly, tentacle arms and bronze birds nesting on her arms. Like a protective mother, she surrounds a mountain of Maas gravel, derived from the same subsoil from which the lake itself originated. The gravel references the history of mining, but takes on a new meaning here as a symbol of care, connection and anchoring in the landscape. With her tentacle, she presses a flag into the gravel mountain, with the words Oui dream till the end. That flag remains visible even when the lake floods at high tide. In this way, the artwork adapts to the dynamics of the environment.
The location was not chosen by chance. This spot is near ‘the end of Belgium’, a symbolic border point where nature, history and landscapes converge. Prouvost, herself from a Franco-Belgian border region, often plays with multilingualism and meaning shifting in her work. “Oui sounds like we, or ‘us’,” she explains. “The flag expresses the hope that we continue to dream together – until the end.”
Find out more via Kunst aan de Maas.
Image: Laure Prouvost, Moeder! Oui dream till the end, 2025. Kunst aan de Maas (Kinrooi) Photo © Lieven Geuns
