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'Thumbs up' for Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth artwork 'Thumbs up' for Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth artwork
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The 11th artwork to sit on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth is to be unveiled later. The 11th artwork to sit on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth has been unveiled.
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. Really Good by David Shrigley is a 7m-high sculpture of a hand giving a thumbs up sign, 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.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.The Fourth Plinth Programme invites world-class artists to make new works for the capital.
David Shrigley Addressing the crowd at the unveiling Mr Shrigley said it was a "real privilege" to make the work
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"It's a work about making the world a better place... which obviously is a ridiculous proposition, but I think it's a good proposition," he said.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said the "positivity and humour" in Really Good "truly encapsulated the spirit of London".The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said the "positivity and humour" in Really Good "truly encapsulated the spirit of London".
"What it represents is so important - optimism, positivity, the best of us. This sculpture is so important showing Londoners…tourists…that London is open.
"The changing artworks on Fourth Plinth continue to be a source of delight, discussion and debate and I am proud to be the mayor of a city that has such an energetic and vibrant cultural life," he added."The changing artworks on Fourth Plinth continue to be a source of delight, discussion and debate and I am proud to be the mayor of a city that has such an energetic and vibrant cultural life," he added.
David Shrigley
Really Good replaces Gift Horse, a skeletal sculpture that displayed a live feed from the London Stock Exchange by German artist Hans Haacke.Really Good replaces Gift Horse, a skeletal sculpture that displayed a live feed from the London Stock Exchange by German artist Hans Haacke.
Mark Wallinger's figure Ecce Homo was the first piece to stand on the empty plinth - in the north-west corner of the square - in 1999.Mark Wallinger's figure Ecce Homo was the first piece to stand on the empty plinth - in the north-west corner of the square - in 1999.
Other works included Alison Lapper Pregnant by Marc Quinn (2005), Nelson's Ship in a Bottle by Yinka Shonibare (2010) and Elmgreen and Dragset's Powerless Structures, Fig 101 - a sculpture of a boy astride his rocking horse.Other works included Alison Lapper Pregnant by Marc Quinn (2005), Nelson's Ship in a Bottle by Yinka Shonibare (2010) and Elmgreen and Dragset's Powerless Structures, Fig 101 - a sculpture of a boy astride his rocking horse.