点评:Three corners of the Trafalgar Square have had permanent statues fixed on them since the 1800s. I found it very interesting that the fourth plinth was created but left empty because there were no funds left for it. The statue Ig King William IV was supposed to be installed there. So for 150 this corner had no permanent exhibit on it’s pedestal. In 1999 it was decided to put a new artwork here each year, which would make a statement. The first such piece was a statue by Mark Wallinger called ‘Eccentric Homo’. The latest piece is called the Antelope. It is the masterpiece of Samson Kambalu which tells us about the British Empire’s relationship with the Africans. It will replace the current exhibit by Heather Phillipson’s which shows a drone whirling over a blob of whipped cream. It is called ‘The End’. I liked this concept of art rotation.
翻译:自 1800 年代以来,特拉法加广场的三个角落就固定有永久雕像。我发现很有趣的是,第四个基座被创建但留空,因为没有剩余资金。搞笑国王威廉四世的雕像原本应该安装在那里。因此,对于 150 人来说,这个角落的基座上没有永久展览。 1999 年,决定每年在这里展出一件新的艺术品,以表达自己的观点。第一个这样的作品是马克·沃林格(Mark Wallinger)的一座雕像,名为“古怪的人”。最新的作品被称为羚羊。这是萨姆森·坎巴鲁的杰作,讲述了大英帝国与非洲人的关系。它将取代希瑟·菲利普森 (Heather Phillipson) 目前的展览,该展览展示了一架无人机在一团生奶油上旋转。它被称为“终结”。我喜欢这种艺术轮换的概念。