What is on the Fourth Plinth?
The plinth is currently empty; from 6 July 2009 it will be home to Antony Gormley's One & Other. Thomas Schütte’s Model for a Hotel, pictured above, was unveiled in November 2007 and occupied the plinth until the end of May 2009. 'This is only the second commission since the Mayor took over responsibility for the plinth, but already the rolling programme is starting to feel like something that people can look forward to as they do the installations in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern.' (Rachel Cook, Observer, 4 November 2007) |
Future proposals Two artists have been chosen for the next Fourth Plinth commission from a shortlist of six - find out about the artists and their proposed works. |
From
1841 until 1999 there was nothing on the Fourth Plinth in the north-west
of Trafalgar Square, and it was sometimes
referred to as the 'empty plinth'. It is now the location for contemporary
art works, commissioned specially from leading artists, which are housed
on the plinth for a year or two each. The choice of works is led by the