Plinth charming
It was only recently that I complained about it being ages since a new sculpture had been installed on the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square and lo and behold here comes the next one. Before The Country Wife on Thursday I wandered over to get my first look at the latest occupant, "Model for a Hotel 2007" by Thomas Shütte. (Anyone know how I can get the umlaut onto the u in "Shutte?" I recently found out that Alt Gr does this áéíóú but don't know a shortcut for other interesting punctuation. EDIT: Sorted) Anyway, here's the new sculpture in Trafalgar Square:
My highly-critical review: Meh.
No, it's just not very interesting. My favourite remains Mark Wallinger's "Ecce Homo" -
I may not be religious but I was raised on the story so the tiny, bald Jesus that didn't come close to filling the space, contrasted with the huge military figures on their horses was very moving. My second favourite was probably Bill Woodrow's "Regardless of History" -
I liked how it took over the plinth rather than just rest on it.
And as you can tell from my "art criticism" such as it is, no I don't know anything about the subject; but I do like London, and I like the way revolving artworks like this and Antony Gormley's "Event Horizon" (now sadly taken down) add to the city's changing landscape in a way that just building another tower block doesn't.
In case anyone cares, the other two sculptures to have taken up the fourth plinth were Rachel Whiteread's "Monument"
and Marc Quinn's "Alison Lapper Pregnant"
My highly-critical review: Meh.
No, it's just not very interesting. My favourite remains Mark Wallinger's "Ecce Homo" -
I may not be religious but I was raised on the story so the tiny, bald Jesus that didn't come close to filling the space, contrasted with the huge military figures on their horses was very moving. My second favourite was probably Bill Woodrow's "Regardless of History" -
I liked how it took over the plinth rather than just rest on it.
And as you can tell from my "art criticism" such as it is, no I don't know anything about the subject; but I do like London, and I like the way revolving artworks like this and Antony Gormley's "Event Horizon" (now sadly taken down) add to the city's changing landscape in a way that just building another tower block doesn't.
In case anyone cares, the other two sculptures to have taken up the fourth plinth were Rachel Whiteread's "Monument"
and Marc Quinn's "Alison Lapper Pregnant"