'Thumbs up' for Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth artwork

The 11th artwork to sit atop Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth is to be unveiled later.
Really Good by David Shrigley shows a seven-metre-high hand giving a thumbs up which the artist hopes will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
It has been cast in bronze with the same dark patina as the other statues in Trafalgar Square.
The Fourth Plinth Programme invites world-class artists to make new works for the capital.
David Shrigley Born in 1968 in Macclesfield but now lives and works in Brighton His work focuses on creating drawings, animations and sculptures that reflect the absurdity of... read more
29 September 2016 in
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