“Really Good” in Trafalgar Square, London, November 2016
This 7 metre high sculpture of a hand with an ascending thumb is the 11th artwork to sit on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth.
This piece is the work of David Shrigley, a nominee for the Turner Prize in 2013. He is based in Brighton and is known for his outspoken and opinionated drawings and sculptures. This one, known as Really Good, is cost in bronze to match the other historic statues in the square.
“I guess this is a work about making the world a better place or it purports to actually make the world a better place,” he said at the opening.
The Fourth Plinth Programme invites world-class artists to make new works to fill the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square. Intended originally to hold an equestrian statue of William IV, it remained empty due to lack of funds. This is the latest piece in a project that started in 1999 when Mark Wallinger installed Ecce Homo.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 10 November 2016
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Travel with Intent 
Now that was very special. I don’t know if I like it or not, but you have done a great job with the photograhs.
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I liked it because it is optimistic
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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🙂 a reason as good as any.
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I think it is a great idea to leave it open for new creations. Love the thumb – loved the blue cock too!
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I think the blue cock is my favourite so far. But I think the thumbs up attitude is needed at the moment
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Quite right 🙂
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That thumb is SO ET 🙂 🙂
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Hadn’t thought of that! I shall look at it in a different way now ☺
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Fascinating !
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Fascinating thumb and well photographed too. I remember that blue cock from my visit, though I never understood its function there 😀
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It wasn’t of traditional Trafalgar Square style!
But I did like it as it was bright and cheerful.
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We need all the bright and colour this time of year, don’t we, but I will still go on with my B&W Sunday, though I am struggling inventing new themes 🙂
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Oh yes, please do – but I know it must be hard to keep thinking of a new theme.
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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I will have to recycle them all soon 😀
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