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Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth artwork unveiled with masks of 726 trans and gender variant people. Dedicated to a trans prostitute murdered in Mexico

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/trafalgar-square-transgender-art-installation-fourth-plinth-b2614778.html

https://i.rdrama.net/images/1726820086149771.webp

"We are giving faces to them all," she said of the work, which was also designed to be a collective artistic hug for murdered trans singer and retired s*x worker Karla La Borrada, who lost her life at the age of 67 in 2016.

Mexican artist Teresa Margolles

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17268200864758143.webp

/r/transgenderUK discuss: https://old.reddit.com/r/transgenderUK/comments/1fjsucq/londons_fourth_plinth_artwork_aims_to_unite_trans/

The Guardian Art Review: 4 Stars!

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/sep/18/teresa-margolles-fourth-plinth-review-transgender

Her sculpture for the fourth plinth takes its form from a gruesome Aztec masterpiece, a 15th-century tower of skulls known as the Huey Tzompantli that was excavated in Mexico City. More than 600 skulls have been found cemented into it, a spectacular reminder of Aztec power and ferocity.


But this is by no means an instantly readable political artwork you praise or condemn in a tweet.

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