When I was in Trafalgar Square recently I noticed the new sculpture on the fourth plinth. it is called Model for a Hotel 2007 (formerly Hotel for the Birds) and was unveiled about a fortnight ago (Nov 07) a 5-m by 4.5-m by 5-m architectural model of a 21-storey building made from coloured glass. it looks a little like a construction from one of those educational games kids had in the seventies.
It is by Thomas Schütte (Born Nov 16, 1954, Oldenburg, Germany) "an important German contemporary artist". From 1973-1981 he studied art at the Kunstakadenie, Dusseldorf under Gerhard Richter and Fritz Schwegler.
The work cost £270,000 and was funded primarily by good old Ken the Mayor and the Arts Council (ie taxpayers like us). Sandy Nairne, director of the nearby National Portrait Gallery and chairman of the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group that recommended Schütte's proposals to the Mayor in 2004, has said: "There will be something extraordinarily sensual about the play of light through the coloured glass. ... [I]t's going to feel like a sculpture of brilliance and light." In fact it looks like a construction from one of those educational games kids had in the seventies.
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