Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth

sir_drinks_alot · 15-09-2005, 17:27

Oh lord i can't think of a Worse bit of so called "art" to put in Trafalgar Square
I mean it's Totally unsuitable for public viewing.

Square's naked sculpture revealed

15-09-2005, 17:29

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Originally Posted by sir_drinks_alot

Oh lord i can't think of a Worse bit of so called "art" to put in Trafalgar Square
I mean it's unsuitable for public viewing.

Why?

I think it's very interesting, and it certainly challenges our idea of 'beauty' and 'femininity'.

It more 'art' than anything that silly girl Emin has ever produced.

Martin · 15-09-2005, 17:32

Certainly an interesting piece of art!! Nothing wrong with it anyway!

15-09-2005, 17:34

personally i think its disgusting.
its just another case of political correctness gone mad.and another case to prove that the morals of this country are in the gutter.

Angua · 15-09-2005, 17:35

I remember this lady on "Child of our Time". She herself is an artist of some renown. No problem at all for me, and for all those who knock modern art as incomprehensible here is something truly representational.

But for my mother not collecting her prescription that could have been me.

15-09-2005, 17:37

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Originally Posted by sir_drinks_alot

I mean it's Totally unsuitable for public viewing.

Looking a bit more at the pictures of the statue, and I wonder if it's the deformity that makes it 'unsuitable' in your eyes?

Try to imagine the statue with arms and normal legs. It would then conform to the 'normal' standard for a sexy, pregnant woman.

I can't see how the disability takes that away from her.
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Originally Posted by andy 1

personally i think its disgusting.
its just another case of political correctness gone mad.

One could argue that it is entirely un-PC...

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Originally Posted by andy 1

and another case to prove that the morals of this country are in the gutter.

How is it immoral?

15-09-2005, 17:39

why put it in trafalgar square,if its modern art put it in an art gallery not in a square named after one of this country,s heroes.

15-09-2005, 17:40

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Originally Posted by andy 1

why put it in trafalgar square,if its modern art put it in an art gallery not in a square named after one of this country,s heroes.

The Fourth Plinth has never had anything on it. This statue is one of 4 that were specifically comissioned for the plinth.

That's why it's in Trafalgar Square.

Furthermore, one might consider the woman's heroism of living a 'normal' life despite her disability.

sir_drinks_alot · 15-09-2005, 17:41

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Originally Posted by andy 1

personally i think its disgusting.
its just another case of political correctness gone mad.and another case to prove that the morals of this country are in the gutter.

Here here never a truer word said ! it's just there to please the pc brigade.

15-09-2005, 17:44

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Originally Posted by sir_drinks_alot

it's just there to please the pc brigade.

That's just nonsense.

It would be so easy for someone to suggest it was an insult to the disabled, or to women.

There's nothing politically correct about showing that beauty and femininity are about more that 2 arms, 2 boobs and 2 legs.

Ramrod · 15-09-2005, 17:44

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Originally Posted by Angua

But for my mother not collecting her prescription that could have been me.

Now there's a sobering thought.......

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Experts gave up trying to find a permanent fixture for it in the early 1990s, because no-one could agree on what was appropriate.

.....and this is?

Why can't we follow other European cities and have sculptures of beautiful things/people.........a heavily pregnant armless woman falls outside that description for most of us

Why do we need to make a statement? Why can't we just have something uncontroversial for once?

15-09-2005, 17:44

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Originally Posted by andy 1

personally i think its disgusting.

So tell - what's so 'disgusting' about it?

marky · 15-09-2005, 17:44

they should stick a statue of blair on that plinth, it would give the pigeons something better to crap on

15-09-2005, 17:45

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Originally Posted by ScaredWebWarrior

The Fourth Plinth has never had anything on it. This statue is one of 4 that were specifically comissioned for the plinth.

That's why it's in Trafalgar Square.

Furthermore, one might consider the woman's heroism of living a 'normal' life despite her disability.

my cousin is severely disabled he lives every day of his life in a wheelchair yet he is not classed as a hero and nobody wants to put up a statue of him.

just because this woman is disabled is no reason for putting up a statue in trafalgar square

15-09-2005, 17:46

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

.....and this is?

A temporary statue - only there till March next year.

Then they're putting something truly horrendous up there!

http://www.fourthplinth.co.uk/thomas_schutte.htm
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Originally Posted by marky

they should stick a statue of blair on that plinth, it would give the pigeons something better to crap on

Not that many pigeons there. now they've stopped feeding them...