The Fourth Plinth Project


	The Fourth Plinth Project
katura
11-7-2007 6:28 PM
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art, architecture, sculpture, trafalgar square, london
katura says:
Not making any judgements yet - will go and take a look in the next few days.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/51127bcf-2401-4a48-bc53-7a361675986c/7735CC46-F404-46E5-A398-1A4CF12DD734/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/fourthplinth.htm" href="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/fourthplinth.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.fourthplinth.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/fourthplinth.htm"><P>
							Where is the Fourth Plinth and why is it empty? 
						</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/fourthplinth.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.fourthplinth.co.uk/img/CC61467B-94EC-4F09-9837-1AA3AA6DED07" alt="The Fourth Plinth" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/fourthplinth.htm"><P class="first"><SPAN class="noprint2"> <BR /></SPAN>The Fourth Plinth is located in the north-west corner of Trafalgar Square, opposite the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/fourthplinth.htm"><P>It was originally designed by Sir Charles Barry and built in 1841 to display an equestrian statue. There were insufficient funds to create <SPAN class="noprint2"><BR /></SPAN>such a statue and so the plinth remained empty.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/selected_artists.htm" href="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/selected_artists.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.fourthplinth.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/selected_artists.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.fourthplinth.co.uk/img/C38A3B23-BBD3-4B73-81C3-EA3421F8E821" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/selected_artists.htm"><P><A href="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/thomas_schutte.htm">Thomas Schütte’s sculpture for the Fourth Plinth</A> in Trafalgar Square will be unveiled on Wednesday 7 November 2007.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/selected_artists.htm"><P>
						<SPAN>Thomas Schütte</SPAN>
Model for a Hotel 2007
<A href="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/thomas_schutte.htm">View artist page &gt;</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/selected_artists.htm"><P>Working in glass, Thomas Schütte's use of colour and light and
						  his exploration of the relationship between art and architecture
						  and their relationship to historical monuments led
						  to the recommendation of Model for a Hotel 2007. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/selected_artists.htm">Multi-layered, mysterious, and promising to sparkle like a brightly-coloured jewel, Schütte's utopian architectural vision will have a powerful impact on Trafalgar Square</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/thomas_schutte.htm" href="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/thomas_schutte.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.fourthplinth.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/thomas_schutte.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.fourthplinth.co.uk/img/943557A3-2D4C-4E71-AE66-A7BBB49BB467" alt="Artist's proposal" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/thomas_schutte.htm">total height of 5 metres</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/thomas_schutte.htm">about the same size as the plinth</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7735CC46-F404-46E5-A398-1A4CF12DD734/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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