An hour of fame for Everyman and Everywoman in Trafalgar Square: a 100-day art project known as the “Fourth plinth” which presents ordinary citizens as part of a changing, living sculpture, orchestrated by UK artist Antony Gormley, is provoking talk: is it art? Is he the artist or are the true artists his randomly picked subjects? Does this really show 21st century Britain as Gainsborough showed the country in an earlier era? Or is it just a pedestal for attention-getters? Reactions: BBC, Guardian, Times
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 7 July 2009 at 8:59 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 7 July 2009.
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Tags: Antony Gormley, art, Britain, Fourth plinth, living sculpture, Trafalgar Square, UK
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