Fourth Plinth Exhibition

The Fourth Plinth exhibition on show at the crypt of St Martins in the Fields should spark plenty of art debate around London over the coming months as one of the lucky commissions will end up on the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square next year.

Fourth Plinth exhibition
Six different pieces of art make up the proposals for the new fourth plinth sculpture and are all on show at the famous Trafalgar Square church until the end of October 2010 to allow visitors to express their preference for one over the others. All six pieces are bound to vary greatly in material, subject matter and political statement and are sure to cause as much controversy as many of the fourth plinth predecessors.

Shortlisted artists
Allora and Calzadilla, Elmgreen and Dragset, Katharina Fritsch, Brian Griffiths, Hew Locke and Mariele Neudecker are the named artists who have contributed a piece towards the Fourth Plinth exhibition. With exhibition commissions including a giant slice of Battenberg cake made from bricks by Brian Griffiths, a brass sculpture of a small boy on a rocking horse from Elmgreen and Dragset and a large scale map of Britain created by Mariele Neudecker, the art work destined to grace the top of the spare pillar in Trafalgar Square will be picked from the selection of these illustrious artists pieces.

Previous Fourth Plinth commissions
Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley and Yinka Shonibare are three of the most famous British artists who have contributed artwork to the Fourth Plinth exhibition. For the next commission Allora and Calzadilla have created a working ATM within the Fourth Plinth which will operate a set of oragn pipes on the top; Katharina Fritsh is putting forward a giant blue cockerel, while Hew Locke presents a replica sculpture of Field Marshall Sir George White which has been transformed by horse brasses, charms, medals, jewels, masks and sabres. Shonibare's work which continues to occupy the Fourth Plinth until 2011, depicts an 18th century ship in a bottle, with sails created from traditional African fabrics.

Fourth Plinth Programme
Plenty of artistic offerings have been proposed to fill one of the most famous public art spots in the country over the years, but the rolling programme which sees a different artwork selected from the Fourth Plinth exhibition take up the limelight remains one of the most popular and contraversial around. By constantly bringing new and exciting art into the open space of Trafalgar Square, the programme includes work from both British and international artists, keeping the commission exhibition fresh and challenging year by year.

Due for a change in 2011, the next fourth plinth statue will replace Yinka Shonibare's Nelson's Ship in a Bottle which was unveiled in May 2010.

The Fourth Plinth exhibition takes place from 8am - 8pm Monday and Tuesday, 8am - 7pm Wednesday, 8am - 9pm Thursday - Saturday and 11am- 6pm Sunday, from Thursday 19th August - Sunday 31st October 2010 at St Martin in the Fields.

Ship in Bottle at Trafalgar Square

Ship in Bottle on Fourth Plinth

HMS Victory in Bottle at Trafalgar Square

Nelsons Ship in Bottle at Trafalgar Square

Fourth Plinth at Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square Sculpture

Antony Gormley at St Pauls Cathedral

Antony Gormley Exhibition at St Pauls

Illumination at Jewish Museum

10th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

South Africa Landscape at British Museum

Newspeak at Saatchi Gallery

Size + Matter at Southbank Centre

Camile Silvy at National Portrait Gallery

Victoria and Albert - Art and Love

Art and Love Exhibition London

Jimi Hendrick at Handel House Museum

Hendrix in Britain Exhibition London

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