"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
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The Guardian Art Review: 4 Stars!
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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fricking whatever at this point
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Chin up Bong! It's not completely over! It's still legal to debate the propriety of e-bikes!!
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They need to ban these things, they are horrible.
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Debates or e-bikes?
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Bongs idealy
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