In London's Trafalgar Square, the site on the Fourth Plinth, an empty plinth that has hosted temporary art installations since 1999, got a giant thumbs-up, the Really Good sculpture joining the three military memorials. The gesture of approval is the work of artist David Shrigley.
The fourth pillar has a new temporary guest in London's Trafalgar Square. It is a gigantic a seven-foot raised thumb, a sculpture by a versatile artist David Shrigley, which is otherwise most recognizable for its cartoon-style drawings and scathing and dark humor. Bronze statue, which was selected in a competition two years ago and is temporarily accompanying military monuments, has the title Really Good (Really good).
Shrigley is known for that in his works it thematizes the absurdity of modern society, and the optimistic attitude of his statue could instill much-needed optimism among people, which is increasingly lacking today. As he says, it benefits society positive attitude. "As an artist, you have to believe that art creates a better world. Still, I've created something pretty scathing. It is at the same time satirical and sincere,” explains Shrigley, 48.
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A word or two about the fourth pillar, that is to an empty pedestal, which is located at the north-west end of Trafalgar Square and already stands there since 1841. The pedestal was intended for the statue of William IV. on a horse, but due to the lack of money, everything remained just an idea. As those in charge later could not agree on which general or monarch would have the honor of being placed alongside George IV, Henry Havelock and James Napier is until 1999, when she followed the Solomonic solution – the project The Fourth Plinth, sameval. Since then, you have been on the site of the untried statue of Viljem IV. works by renowned contemporary artists are exchanged in the city. The plinth has "deflowered" Mark Wallinger with the piece Ecce Homo, a life-size marble statue of Jesus Christ, and it was also interesting Antony Gormley's One & Other project, when 2,400 chosen ones were given the opportunity to spend an hour on the platform and do whatever their heart desires. Since 1999, it has been lined up on the plinth ten works of art, and Really Good is the eleventh and succeeded the statue of the German artist Hans Haackey Gift Hors (A gift horse).
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