Contemporary art
New London sculpture puts art world in a lather
By The Art Newspaper. From In The Frame
Published online: 24 June 2012
Meekyoung Shin unveils a grand equestrian statue of the Duke of Cumberland
Visitors to Cavendish Square in London may well smell something fragrant in the air next month when the Korean artist Meekyoung Shin unveils a grand equestrian statue of the Duke of Cumberland there made not of marble or bronze, but of... soap (from 10 July). The artist will recreate the statue that occupied a plinth in the central London space from 1770 to 1868, only to be removed during the nineteenth century. As the sculpture softens in the snow and rain, Meekyoung's sweet-smelling piece should give new meaning to the term "faded grandeur".
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