The six pieces that have been short-listed for the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square.
All of which are quite good. I like the rooster, and the map of Britain, for instance. I've two problems with these though. Firstly the design of some of these entries is questionable (why is growing up so heroic? We all have to do it).
Secondly though there's the question of setting. Courtesy of Wikipedia, here are a few pictures:
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| Trafalgar Square in 1908 |
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| Sir Henry Havelock. Victorian hero and general. Note the Whiskers |
I've no objection to 'modern art' per se. Does it work contextually here though? Perhaps a statue of someone like Florence Nightingale, or another figure associated with wartime medicine or humanitarianism, to remind us of what goes with all the military glory celebrated elsewhere in the Square.
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