A sculpture symbolising Britain바카라s complex colonial ties and an artwork featuring the faces of 850 transgender people are set to go on display in Trafalgar Square, one of London바카라s highest-profile venues for public art. City officials have announced the next two works to occupy the 바카라fourth plinth,바카라 a large stone pedestal in the central London square, reports the Associated Press.
From 2022 to 2024 the plinth will display Malawi-born artist Samson Kambalu바카라s Antelope, a sculpture of Pan-Africanist leader John Chilembwe beside European missionary John Chorley. Based on a 1914 photograph, it depicts Chilembwe as the much larger figure, 바카라revealing the hidden narratives of under-represented peoples in the history of the British Empire in Africa and beyond,바카라 City Hall said. Mexican artist Teresa Margolles바카라s 850 Improntas (850 Imprint), featuring casts of the faces of transgender people from around the world, will be installed in 2024. City Hall said 바카라the life masks will be arranged round the plinth in the form of a Tzompantli, a skull rack from Mesoamerican civilisations바카라 of what is now Central America and Mexico.
One of London바카라s main tourist attractions and protest sites, Trafalgar Square was named for Admiral Horatio Nelson바카라s 1805 victory over the French and Spanish fleets. A statue of the one-armed admiral stands atop Nelson바카라s Column at the center of the square, and statues of other 19th-century military leaders are nearby. The fourth plinth was erected in 1841 for a never-completed equestrian statue, and since 1999 has been occupied by a series of artworks for about 18 months at a time. The current occupant is Heather Phillipson바카라s sculpture The End바카라 a giant swirl of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly and a drone. It바카라s due to stay on display until September 2022.
Meghdhoot: The Cloud Messenger
Ah, the poetic charm of the Indian monsoon! Who could have waxed more lyrical than the exiled yaksha of Kalidasa바카라s Meghaduta. This monsoon, the National Centre for the Performing Arts is holding a workshop바카라an eight-session virtual series titled Monsoon with Meghaduta바카라designed to focus on interpreting selected verses from one of the greatest Sanskrit poets. The workshop, the NCPA hopes, will help up-and-comer poets understand the thoughts of Kalidasa as well as broaden their perception about the poem through interpretation of select, translated verses in Hindi.
Curated for poetry lovers, the workshop starts on July 7, a Wednesday, and ends on the final Wednesday of August바카라on the 25th. The one-and-half-hour weekly sessions will muse on Kalidasa바카라s creative skills that morphed the monsoon into beautiful verse. Dr Rishiraj Pathak, a poet, musician, and dance litterateur, conducts the sessions along with guest speakers Piyal Bhattacharya, Subodh Poddar and Sandhya Raman.
바카라Lachmi Deb Roy
