gift horse

Hans Haacke: Gift Horse. Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London. March 2015

Hans Haacke’s Gift Horse presents a sculpture of a skeletal horse for the Fourth Plinth in homage to the proposed equine statue of William IV (1765-1837), intended for display on the plinth, but never completed. Haacke intended the sculpture to blend with the traditional glyptoteque of statuary in Trafalgar Square: “I hope the other two … Continue reading →