Who will decorate the fourth plinth of Trafalgar Square in the coming year?
For the right to place his creation to the fourth plinth in London's main square, six bidders fought
in London is nearing completion of a competition among artists for the right to post your creation to the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. The platform since 1999, used for temporary display of sculptures and installations by contemporary artists. She had already visited a sculpture of Christ Mark Wallinger (Mark Wallinger), sculpture by Bill Woodrow (Bill Woodrow), Rachel object Uaytred (Rachel Whiteread), a statue of Mark Quinn (Marc Quinn), installation of Thomas Schütte (Thomas Schütte) and live performance by Anthony Gormley (Antony Gormley), in which over a hundred days on a pedestal" exposed "real people. now The fourth plinth is decorated with sculptures Yinki Shonibare (Yinka Shonibare), representing a huge model of a ship in a bottle.
Among the finalists, six projects. All of them will be presented to the public in the Church of St. Martin in the fields (St Martin-in-the-Fields) to the end of October this year. Citizens can express their opinions, but the final decision will be adopted by the board of eight judges. The name of the winner of the Mayor of London Boris Johnson (Boris Johnson) will announce in early 2011. Elected monument will beautify the area and in the Olympic year, so winning the competition for artists will be doubly honored.
German artist Katharina Fritsch (Katharina Fritsch) reached the final with a four-meter sculpture of a blue rooster. According to the author, blue rooster next to the statues of famous statesmen and Nelson's Column will cause ironic association. But this does not detract from the merit of these men. It's just a humorous image of masculinity, including transmitting the image of modern British are obsessed with their appearance.
Artists Jennifer Allora (Jennifer Allora) and Guillermo Calzadilla (Guillermo Calzadilla) from Puerto Rico presented project a large body connected to the cash register at the foot of the pedestal. When you type the apparatus body should play with different levels of volume. The joke on the general commercialization of art in the event of victory Project Puerto Rican artists can be costly so clerks office with windows facing the square. Play and have authority to employees of the National Gallery, located just behind the pedestals.
British artist Brian Griffiths (Brian Griffiths) offered to lay down cake Battenberg of hand-made glazed bricks and simple yellow and pink. This sponge cake of cakes of the color was first made in honor of the marriage in 1884, Princess Victoria of Hesse with Prince Louis of Battenberg. The artist wanted to hold the idea of continuity, sometimes unconsciously. Cake, invented a century ago, still exist in every supermarket. His love, but not many remember the story of its creation.
Project Mariel Noydeker (Mariele Neudecker) «Never too late, and you can not turn back" is huge relief mountain fiberglass. The problems at the bottom of the audience will see in it the outlines of the island of Great Britain. The artist, carried away the erection of statues of the mountains, according to this piece of natural landscape consonant with the monumental architecture of Trafalgar Square.
Scandinavian artists Elmgrin and Dragset (Elmgreen and Dragset) came up with the answer monuments of generals in Trafalgar Square: sculpture boy on a rocking horse. Is made of copper golden boy, is contrasted with dark bronze figures of the war on horseback, as a promising childhood contrasted with the adult world and the war.
last candidate - Hugh Locke (Hew Locke) from Edinburgh. He offered his version of the monument from the street Portland Place in London. The statue of the commander of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880) George White (George White) in the interpretation of Locke's adorned with chains, pendants, harness and jewelry. The artist emphasizes that the work is not anti-militarist. Rather, it addresses the theme of the hero and heroism.
Sources: , artinvestment.ru
