"The 10ft sculpture depicts a confident woman of colour striding in a blue dress and heels and is meant to represent a contemporary everywoman that 'many can relate to'. She is not an idol to venerate or a historic figurehead to commemorate. She is a woman striding forward into our collective future with ambition and purpose. She is a Londoner who represents the city's spirit."
"Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth has been home to many an eye-catching installation. There was the huge ship in a bottle in 2010, a big blue cockerel in 2013, an unsettling horse skeleton in 2015 and that swirl of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly and a drone in 2020. Right now, the plinth is occupied by Teresa Margolles's 'Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant) ', a poignant homage to the existence of trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people."
Tschabalala Self's 'Lady in Blue' will take over the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in September. The 10ft bronze sculpture, patinated with rare lapis lazuli blue pigment, depicts a confident woman of colour striding in a blue dress and heels as a contemporary everywoman. The piece is intended to represent a Londoner moving into the collective future with ambition and purpose. The plinth is currently occupied by Teresa Margolles's 'Mil Veces un Instante', a homage to trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming people. The commission was selected in 2024 by the Fourth Plinth group and will remain for 18 months.
Read at Time Out London
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