Phoenix 44, Memorial sculpture in Brussels, Belgium

Phoenix 44 is a dark grey-green metal sculpture by Olivier Strebelle on Avenue Louise in Brussels. It rises from a horizontal cylindrical base that thickens at the right end; from the left and centre, broad flat curved forms sweep upward and arc over to the right, the tallest bending at the top, with a smaller curved band reaching across beneath it to enclose an open space.

Phénix 44 was made by Olivier Strebelle to commemorate the liberation of Brussels by British forces in 1944. The Royal Belgo-British Union commissioned the memorial, and it stands on Avenue Louise. Its three severed links, read as a body and wings, form the V of victory.

Olivier Strebelle made the work for the Royal Belgo-British Union, which commissioned it to mark the 1944 liberation of Brussels by British troops. Its French and Dutch names, Phénix 44 and Feniks 44, refer to the mythical bird reborn from its ashes and to the year of the liberation. The three cut links, read as a body and wings, form a V for victory.

The sculpture sits on a traffic roundabout and is easy to view from the street, especially if arriving by tramway lines 8 or 93. The area is flat and accessible without barriers for most visitors.

The work is titled Phénix 44, and its three cut links stand for a body and wings forming the "V" of victory. The dark grey-green metal is not bronze, and the piece was made for the 1944 liberation, not 1994.