Mar 5, 2015
- Sep 1, 2016
The new
commission Gift Horse by artist Hans Haacke, was unveiled on Thursday 5 March
2015 in London’s Trafalgar Square.
Hans Haacke’s
Gift Horse depicts a skeletal, riderless horse - a wry comment on the
equestrian statue of William IV originally planned for the plinth. Tied to the
horse’s front leg is an electronic ribbon displaying live the ticker of the
London Stock Exchange, completing the link between power, money and history.
The horse is derived from an etching by George Stubbs; the famous English
painter whose works are represented in the National Gallery at Trafalgar
Square.
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