Lee
23-02-2012, 12:24 PM
Seen this on the BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17140952) website and thought it looked pretty interesting!
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/58673000/jpg/_58673235_014070236-1.jpg
Artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset say Powerless Structures, Fig 101 questions "monuments predicated on military victory or defeat".Funded by the Mayor of London and Arts Council England, the sculpture will remain in place for a year.
In 2009, Antony Gormley's Fourth Plinth work, One & Other, saw 2,400 people stand on the plinth for an hour.
The plinth, built in 1841, was originally designed to host a bronze equestrian statue of King William IV, designed by architect Sir Charles Barry.
Organisers said that, after 170 years, "Elmgreen & Dragset have completed the process by presenting a new take on the tradition of equestrian statues, directly engaging with the history of the plinth itself".
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/58673000/jpg/_58673235_014070236-1.jpg
Artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset say Powerless Structures, Fig 101 questions "monuments predicated on military victory or defeat".Funded by the Mayor of London and Arts Council England, the sculpture will remain in place for a year.
In 2009, Antony Gormley's Fourth Plinth work, One & Other, saw 2,400 people stand on the plinth for an hour.
The plinth, built in 1841, was originally designed to host a bronze equestrian statue of King William IV, designed by architect Sir Charles Barry.
Organisers said that, after 170 years, "Elmgreen & Dragset have completed the process by presenting a new take on the tradition of equestrian statues, directly engaging with the history of the plinth itself".