Tuesday 14 April 2015

The Fourth Plinth

The latest installation on the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square is Gift Horse by Hans Haacke. It is a bronze skeleton of a horse based on an etching by George Stubbs. Tied to its front leg is an electronic ribbon which displays live FTSE ticker from the London Stock Exchange.



 Over 150 years ago the fourth plinth was originally planned to display a statue of William IV on a horse. The statue was abandoned due to lack of funds. Haacke wanted to make the link between power, money and history with his sculpture.





If you want to see previous installations on the 4th plinth click here

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14 comments:

  1. Cloudia14 April 2015 at 23:20

    Nicely shown



    ALOHA from Honolulu,
    ComfortSpiral
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  2. Jackie McGuinness15 April 2015 at 01:59

    I particularly like the ticker tape.

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  3. Linda W.15 April 2015 at 04:26

    Interesting sculpture.

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  4. Gattina15 April 2015 at 08:57

    Very special statue ! A horse skeleton with a ribbon ! Never seen !

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  5. biebkriebels15 April 2015 at 11:18

    I like the idea of the sulptor and I think he suceeded very well with this. I like this.

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  6. EG CameraGirl15 April 2015 at 16:36

    I wonder why the sculptor decided to do a skeleton. Hmmm

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  7. Cynthia15 April 2015 at 19:52

    I wonder if people are missing the big blue rooster. This one is interesting but not nearly so eye catching.

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  8. Sallie (FullTime-Life)16 April 2015 at 02:17

    Hmmm. You know what, I think I kind of understand what he was trying to say.

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  9. Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti16 April 2015 at 04:29

    Very unique and eye catching. art work! I looked at the prior installments and each were full of of creative expression.

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  10. Betsy Banks Adams16 April 2015 at 16:16

    Beautiful bronze skeleton of a horse... Interesting ribbon also... Someone did a nice job making that one... Gorgeous.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  11. Mari16 April 2015 at 20:59

    Nice figure and very symbolic. Such a product of creative mind...I understand the ribbon and the horse as a gift but maybe I missed the idea of "skeleton".

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  12. Kenneth Cole Schneider16 April 2015 at 21:12

    That was a very original idea, to display the stock prices. One must have had to stand on his head to see them1

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  13. namaki18 April 2015 at 10:57

    that was an interesting tour !!

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  14. MTWaggin20 April 2015 at 20:07

    Very interesting sculpture. Kinda cool actually and interesting statement to be made.

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