Background Story and Concept
For the almost mythical-sounding name, ‘Pepto Bismo’, Panamarenko was inspired by Pepto Bismol, an American medicine for combating nausea. In 2003, Panamarenko’s gallerist Ronny Van de Velde commissioned him to create six bronze sculptures entitled ‘Pepto Bismo II’. One of these works was given a permanent home on Sint-Jansplein in Antwerp, close to the working-class quarter in which the artist had long lived and worked.
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