The phrase
"fourth plinth" refers to an empty pedestal or platform in Trafalgar Square, London. It is called the
"fourth plinth" because there are three other plinths in the square with statues on top of them. The
fourth plinth was left empty as a space for contemporary artworks and sculptures.
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His work attracted a wide audience once more when Ecce Homo occupied the empty
fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in 1999.
Author Unknown, «National Gallery unveils designs
for fourth plinth», Morning Star, London, England, 9 January 2008
On a lighter note, 2016 also saw David Shrigley became the eighth artist to create a large - scale sculpture for the empty plinth in London's Trafalgar Square as part
of Fourth Plinth — one of the UK's most prestigious art commissions.
Katharina Fritsch Hahn / Cock, 2013 Commissioned for the Mayor of London's
Fourth Plinth Programme Photograpy: Gautier Deblonde
He has participated in major group shows such as the Venice Biennale and Documenta 8, and was awarded the Turner Prize in 1994 and the commission for London's
Fourth Plinth Project in 2009.
The new
Fourth Plinth sculpture by British artist David Shrigley, «Really Good» is unveiled at Trafalgar Square on September 29, 2016 in London, England.
Latest «Save The Arts» Work YINKA SHONIBARE CREATES A WORK FOR CAMPAIGN AGAINST CUTS A striking new work by
Fourth Plinth artist Yinka Shonibare was unveiled today as part of the campaign supported by over 100 leading British artists against the government's proposed funding cuts of the arts.The artist's work shows a slash across a -LSB-...]
In 1998, he was awarded a Henry Moore Fellowship at the British School in Rome and in 1999, he was asked to fill the
empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, and provided Ecce Homo to huge public acclaim.
In March, Iraqi - American conceptual artist Michael Rakowitz unveiled his work for London's
prestigious Fourth Plinth commission in Trafalgar Square.
I don't think I've ever witnessed the unveiling of a Trafalgar
Square fourth plinth commission in such propitious meteorological circumstances.
The signatories
include fourth plinth artist Hans Haacke, Jem Finer, Raoul Martinez (UK), Steve Lambert (US), and The Yes Men (US) A «Fossil Funds Free» icon will now appear on participants work.
Yinka Shonibare MBE (R) poses with the winner of the «
Fourth Plinth School's Award 2011», Dinesh 12, from Newham, at City Hall on April 4, 2011 in London, England.
Their
winning Fourth Plinth Commission Powerless Structures, Fig. 10» — depicting a child astride his rocking horse — is on view until August 2014 in Trafalgar Square, London.
This book tells the story of the ongoing
Fourth Plinth program from its inception to the very latest commission, David Shrigley's «Really Good,» to be unveiled in September 2016.
A recreation of an ancient winged bull statue destroyed by Isis in Iraq has been unveiled as the latest installation to perch atop the
famous Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.
Plus: The future of the NEA is in doubt ISIS destroys more monuments in Palmyra Egypt's Museum of Islamic Art reopens Jorge Daniel Veneciano resigns as director of Museum of Arts and Design Proposals for Trafalgar Square's
Fourth Plinth revealed Paddle 8 parent company files for bankruptcy
[11] In 2014, it was announced that Haacke will be installing one of his works as part of the
annual Fourth Plinth commission in 2015.
The
ninth Fourth Plinth commission, Hahn / Cock by Katharina Fritsch was unveiled in July 2013 in London's Trafalgar Square.
Yinka Shonibare's Nelson's Ship in a Bottle that bedecked Trafalgar Square's
Fourth Plinth May 2010 and January 2012, has now found a permanent home — the National Maritime Museum in London.
Wallinger's best - known work is perhaps Ecce Homo, a statue of Christ that occupied Trafalgar Square's
fourth plinth during 1999.
We have created some of the most celebrated outdoor art in recent times, including the Lumiere light festivals, The Sultan's Elephant, Antony Gormley's One &
Other Fourth Plinth commission and Temple.
The next two occupants of the so -
called Fourth Plinth Commission in Trafalgar Square have just been announced and, true to form, the British visual arts establishment has laboured and given birth to a mouse.
Which sculpture would you like to see on Trafalgar Square's
Fourth Plinth when the Blue Cock flies the coop?
Were you disappointed not to get Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth [Antony Gormley got it instead, with One & Other]?
Michael Rakowitz: The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist,
Fourth Plinth review - London's new guardian
This time round humorous artist David Shrigley, he of the
current fourth plinth sculpture, has stripped it right back to a very simple message — so peek inside and have a look.
«Michael Rakowitz and Heather Phillipson Win
Upcoming Fourth Plinth Commissions» ArtNet News, by Caroline Elbaor March 21, 2017
It might be difficult to look this gift horse in the mouth, as the skeletal sculpture sits atop Trafalgar Square's
towering Fourth Plinth.
A British grandmother on death row in the US is today sending out a message via Trafalgar Square's
Fourth Plinth today.
One concrete thing I can reveal about our London shoot is that we'll be covering the unveiling of Season 5 artist Yinka Shonibare MBE's Trafalgar Square
Fourth Plinth project, Nelson's Ship in a Bottle.
British artist David Shrigley poses for a photograph in front of Shrigley's new
Fourth Plinth sculpture, «Really Good», after its unveiling in Trafalgar Square in central London on September 29, 2016.
His design for a
new fourth plinth for Trafalgar Square is on display at the National Gallery, London (020-7747 2885).
In 2010, the artist's sculpture Nelson's Ship in a Bottle was selected for the
prestigious Fourth Plinth commission series in London's Trafalgar Square and was on view until January, 2012.
Shrigley was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2013 and received the Trafalgar
Square Fourth Plinth commission, a public - art project to be realized in 2016.