John Oram's photos with the keyword: 200_3_P1050241E

I am a fan of the Fourth Plinth (in Trafalgar Square) although infrequent visits to the capital mean that I have not seen all of its occupants in the Mayor of London's Fourth Plinth Programme. This is the 12th. Michael Rakowitz's project, 'The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist' , to recreate the 7000 archaelogical artefacts looted or destroyed in Iraq during the war, started in 2006. The Lamassu was a winged deity which guarded Nergal Gate at Ninevah, near the present day Mosul, from c700BC until its destruction in 2015. In a searing social comment, the Lamassu on the Fourth Plinth is made from Iraqi date syrup cans. The industry was much reduced by the Iraq wars. 200_3_P1050241E