The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist

FRIDAY 13

The Fourth Plinth is now occupied by an exhibit from Artist Michael Rakowitz. 

Called "The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist" it is a recreation of a statue destroyed by ISIS in 2015.

The sculpture, which shows a mythical winged beast called a Lamassu, is 4.5 metres high, took four months to build and is made up of 10,500 empty Iraqi date syrup cans symbolising one of the country’s former thriving industries shattered by war.

It weighs 6,000kgs and is held together by 39,500 rivets.