Gift Horse: new sculpture on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth

[editor]

I like it. A lot. What do we think urbanites?
http://www.urban75.org/blog/a-skele...d-takes-over-trafalgar-squares-fourth-plinth/

 

[Citizen66]

Don't look in its mouth.

 

[DotCommunist]

someone needs to dress as the reaper (scythe and all) and go sit on the horse for great photo opp

 

[wayward bob]

i think it's beautiful

 

[lefteri]

I'm as amazed that Hans Haacke has been allowed to do the fourth plinth as he himself is - Have there been any articles examining how this came to be?

 

[marty21]

I like it

 

[Manter]

I love it. Love love love.

I think it's clever, thought provoking, complicated, interesting and beautiful, and I've been really looking forward to it replacing that bloody blue cockerel

 

[Manter]

I'm as amazed that Hans Haacke has been allowed to do the fourth plinth as he himself is - Have there been any articles examining how this came to be?

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/27/hans-haacke-horseplay-city

 

[lefteri]

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/27/hans-haacke-horseplay-city

That's the one I read, but he just registers surprise that it got chosen - be interesting to know what went n behind the scenes

 

[sim667]

I don't know why but it reminds me of sam heggarty's horses

On foot in the grove by simbojono, on Flickr

 

[tufty79]

It's gorgeous

 

[DotCommunist]

whats with the ribbon\numbers thing on it.

 

[editor]

whats with the ribbon\numbers thing on it.

If only you'd read the link!

"electronic ribbon displaying a live ticker feed from the London Stock Exchange"

 

[DotCommunist]

now I don't like it any more. Unless the skeletal horse tied to the stock market is a metaphor for the inevitable death of capitalism

 

[editor]

now I don't like it any more. Unless the skeletal horse tied to the stock market is a metaphor for the inevitable death of capitalism

Maybe you should read this:

The work could be read in many ways, but few people would miss the implied critique of the relationships between power, money, art, privilege and history...

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/27/hans-haacke-horseplay-city

 

[hash tag]

Shegar?

 

[clicker]

i went up to see it yesterday and i approve in a big way.. but i approved even more of the two ducks swimming in the trafalgar square fountains , a male and female quite happily circling around and around.Probably on an excursion from st james's park but never have i seen that before