Yinka Shonibare Fourth Plinth InstallationANGLO-NIGERIAN ARTIST TO EXHIBIT ON WORLD-FAMOUS FOURTH PLINTH, LONDONS TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Guaranty Trust Bank of Nigeria sponsor Yinka Shonibare MBEs Nelsons Ship in a Bottle, to be unveiled on Monday 24 May
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, today announced that the next commission for the world-famous Fourth Plinth in Londons Trafalgar Square Nelsons Ship in a Bottle by leading Anglo-Nigerian artist Yinka Shoninbare MBE - will be formally unveiled on Monday 24 May.
Set in a giant bottle, the 5 metre long and 2.5 metre high scale replica of Nelsons flagship HMS Victory will link directly with Nelsons column, located just metres away at the front of the iconic square.
The artwork will be the first commission on the Fourth Plinth to reflect specifically on the historical symbolism of Trafalgar Square, which commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, and is also the first of such commissions by a black artist. The work was commissioned by the Mayor of London and sponsored by Guaranty Trust Bank of ...