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A steel wall taken down at night, a statue that recorded the year it went up, and a plinth that was never filled
Richard Serra · the Colston statue · the fourth plinth · 3 chapters · 11 min read
A steel wall taken down at night, a statue that recorded the year it went up, and a plinth that was never filled.
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Public art
- 01To Remove the Work Is to Destroy the WorkOn a sculpture that was right about itself and silent about its audience.
- 02A Statue Records the Year It Went UpOn a bronze that tells you about the year it went up, and the argument about how it came down.
- 03The Plinth That Was Never FilledOn an empty pedestal that turned out to answer the two previous chapters.