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23.09.05, 23:35
The sculpture is a portrait of Alison Lapper when she was 8½ months pregnant.
It is carved out of one block of white marble and stands 3.55 metres high.
At first glance it would seem that there are few if any public sculptures of
people with disabilities. However, a closer look reveals that Trafalgar
Square is one of the few public spaces where one exists: Nelson on top of his
column has lost an arm. I think that Alison's portrait reactivates this
dormant aspect of Trafalgar Square. Most public sculpture, especially in the
Trafalgar Square and Whitehall areas, is triumphant male statuary. Nelson's
Column is the epitome of a phallic male monument and I felt that the square
needed some femininity, linking with Boudicca near the Houses of Parliament.
Alison's statue could represent a new model of female heroism.
www.fourthplinth.co.uk/marc_quinn.htm
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