Fourth plinth

        

 

The Fourth Plinth is a plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London. It was originally intended to hold an equestrian statue of William IV, but remained bare due to insufficient funds. For over 150 years the fate of the plinth was debated.

  

The fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square is an empty pedestal that has been empty since 1841.

For over 150 years the fate of the plinth was debated; in 1999, a sequence of three contemporary artworks to be displayed on the plinth were announced

In 1998, the Royal Society of Arts conceived the Fourth Plinth Project, which temporarily occupied the plinth with a succession of works commissioned from three contemporary artists. These were:

Mark Wallinger, who was born in chigwell, London at 1959.

Bill Woodrow, who was born on the 1st of November 1948 near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
 
And Rachel Whiteread, who was born in London, England on the 20th of April 1963.

The Royal Society of Arts late-1990s project concluded that it had been a success and "unanimously recommended that the plinth should continue to be used for an ongoing series of temporary works of art commissioned from leading national and international artists.
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For over 150 years the fate of the plinth was debated; in 1999, a sequence of three contemporary artworks to be displayed on the plinth were announced.

In my opinion I think even though it took quite a long time to decide what to put on the fourth plinth, it's really a good experience watching the fourth plinth