Sentences with phrase «equestrian statue of»

The work Looms like a dinosaur — «Gift Horse» portrays a skeletal, riderless horse — a wry comment on the equestrian statue of William IV originally planned for the plinth.

The bronze cast of a fist with an out - of - proportion thumbs - up was the winning commission for the Fourth Plinth Project, which has been inviting artists since 1999 to make a proposal for the empty plinth, originally intended to hold an equestrian statue of William IV that was never made.

Haacke's design, Gift Horse, is intended as a comment on the equestrian statue of William IV originally planned for the plinth.

Hans Haacke's Gift Horse depicts a skeletal, riderless horse - a wry comment on the equestrian statue of William IV originally planned for the plinth.

The work nods to both the equestrian statue of William IV that was planned for the space, but never realized, and the engravings of horse anatomy by 18th - century British artist George Stubbs.

Tour - goers will enjoy hearing stories about Mrs. Whitney's creations — which included a sculpture for the 1939 World's Fair, the famed equestrian statue of Buffalo Bill, and a winning design for a memorial to the victims of the Titanic sinking — in the newly renovated space.

Not exact matches

In one scene, we witness the pulling down of a highly middlebrow but communally pleasurable equestrian statue, placed previously outside Stockholm's royal palace.

Haunch of Venison (at Eastcastle St) Simon Patterson: Under Cartel 13 July — 31 August 2012 A photography show with a concept; found photos and large photographic works of equestrian statues in city capitals with the idea they can be swopped between locations.

Haacke's work is a nod to other equestrian statues in the square, and to the George Stubbs portrait of Whistlejacket in the nearby National Gallery.

• Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876 - 1973) Born in Massachusetts, she was one of the great masters of naturalistic animal sculpture, notably equestrian statues.

Ivan Argote's «Horses» series displays Parisian equestrian statues without their famous riders, subverting the traditional function of public monuments: «They are there to remind us that we belong to a nation, a history, a tradition.