Antony Gormley
One & Other
6 July – 14 October 2009
'There was something very poignant about the sight of a single human
on a space designed for a massive statue. Gormley championed the little
guy against the intimidating grandeur of the square's institutions ...'
(Alex Needham, The Guardian)
Sculptor Antony Gormley invited the people of the UK to occupy the empty
Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in London. Every hour, 24 hours a day,
for 100 days without a break, different people
made the plinth their own.
There
were 2,400 'plinthers', starting with Rachel Wardell, and ending with
Emma Burns, from County Durham, whose hour on the plinth ended at 9am
on 14 October 2009.
Those taking part were picked at random from nearly 35,000
who applied.
Visit oneandother.co.uk for
more information about One & Other and all the 'plinthers'.
Antony Gormley said: 'I'm very sad that it's over. It's become, in
a way, part of London life.'
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