Fourth Plinth

Ongoing… what should appear on the ‘fourth plinth‘ in Trafalgar Square? Some of the shortlisted proposals reference the Iraq war, colonialism, militarism and the dominant symbolism of the square  |  The winning proposal will go on display in 2009 for 18 months  |  Related conference on art in the public imagination on 29 February 2008  |  The proposal by Jeremy Deller would involve the display of the remains of a car damaged by violence in Iraq…  |  Time Out bit on the thing that is there at the moment…  |  The new commissions have been announced: Anthony Gormley and Yinka Shonibare