On the famous Fourth plinth is a new sculpture

yesterday in Trafalgar Square in London opened a new public sculpture adorned the famous fourth plinth. The author of the work, which is a huge model of a ship in a bottle, is a popular Anglo-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare (Yinka Shonibare). Contemporary artists have made sculptures for the fourth plinth in the past, but Shonibare was the first who presented a project for the Battle of Trafalgar: his ship is a replica of the legendary "Victoria", which directed the battle, Admiral Nelson. Column, topped by a statue of Nelson, located in the center square, surrounded by four pedestal, three of which topped the monuments of British statesmen and military leaders.

Creativity Yinki Shonibare familiar to Russian audiences: at The third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art demonstrated his installation "How to demolish the two heads at a time" - two headless figures , aiming at each other with pistols. Their costumes, incidentally, are made of "brand" of the material of the artist - textiles, usually perceived as African, but actually made in Britain by the Indonesian samples. Among them was made of the sails of his "Victoria". In his works, Shonibare said about globalization, colonialism, the interdependence of countries and the interpenetration of cultures.

Ship in a Bottle will hold on a pedestal about eighteen months.

material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Source: artinfo.com , artinvestment.ru